Nkx genes regulate heart tube extension and exert differential effects on ventricular and atrial cell number

Developmental Biology

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 314-321

  Targoff, Kimara L ^a,b   Schell, Thomas ^a   Yelon, Deborah ^a  

^a Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Inst of Biomolecular Medicine   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; Chamber morphogenesis; Heart development; Heart tube assembly; nkx2.5; nkx2.7; Ventricle; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 53249113134     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.07.037     Document Type: Article

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