Tropomodulin1 is required in the heart but not the yolk sac for mouse embryonic development

Circulation Research

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1241-1248

  McKeown, Caroline R ^a   Nowak, Roberta B ^a   Moyer, Jeannette ^a   Sussman, Mark A ^b   Fowler, Velia M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Erythroid stability; Looping morphogenesis; Myofibrillogenesis; Yolk sac vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; TROPOMODULIN; ACTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TMOD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROID CELL; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; KILLER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; YOLK SAC; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEART; LITTER SIZE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; SARCOMERE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; LITTER SIZE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SARCOMERES; TROPOMODULIN; YOLK SAC;

EID: 58149326918     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.178749     Document Type: Article

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