Cooperative interaction of Nkx2.5 and Mef2c transcription factors during heart development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3809-3819

  Vincentz, Joshua W ^a   Barnes, Ralston M ^a   Firulli, Beth A ^a   Conway, Simon J ^a   Firulli, Anthony B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart development; Mef2c; Mouse; Nkx2.5; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEF2C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPLASIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 57149103137     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21803     Document Type: Article

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