Nkx2-5 transactivates the Ets-related protein 71 gene and specifies an endothelial/endocardial fate in the developing embryo

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 814-819

  Ferdous, Anwarul ^a,b   Caprioli, Arianna ^a   Iacovino, Michelina ^c   Martin, Cindy M ^a,b   Morris, Jesse ^a   Richardson, James A ^a   Latif, Shuaib ^a   Hammer, Robert E ^a   Harvey, Richard P ^d   Olson, Eric N ^c   Kyba, Michael ^b   Garry, Daniel J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Cardiac progenitor cells; Endocardium; Etsrp71; Tie2

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 71; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, TIE-2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 58849113642     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807583106     Document Type: Article

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