Shox2 is essential for the differentiation of cardiac pacemaker cells by repressing Nkx2-5

Developmental Biology

Volumn 327, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 376-385

  Espinoza Lewis, Ramón A ^a   Yu, Ling ^a   He, Fenglei ^a   Liu, Hongbing ^a   Tang, Ruhang ^b   Shi, Jiangli ^c   Sun, Xiaoxiao ^d   Martin, James F ^d   Wang, Dazhi ^b   Yang, Jing ^c   Chen, YiPing ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart development; Nkx2 5; Pacemaker; Shox2; Sinoatrial node; Sinus valves

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SHOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS NODE; XENOPUS;

EID: 60549112988     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.12.028     Document Type: Article

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