Wnt6 signaling regulates heart muscle development during organogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-188

  Lavery, Danielle L ^a   Martin, Jennifer ^a   Turnbull, Yvonne D ^a   Hoppler, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart; Organogenesis; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT6 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 54849432173     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.08.032     Document Type: Article

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