Building the vertebrate heart - An evolutionary approach to cardiac development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2009, Pages 1427-1443

  Pérez Pomares, José M ^a   González Rosa, Juan M ^a   Muñoz Chápuli, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac evolution; Coelom; Coronary vessels; Endocardium; Epicardium; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2V; NOTCH RECEPTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANNELID WORM; BLOOD CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CIRCULATION; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; EPICARDIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEART; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART SIZE; INVERTEBRATE; MESENCHYME; MESODERM; METAZOON; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOEPITHELIUM; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; ENDOCARDIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65249153939     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072409jp     Document Type: Review

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