Transient and transgenic analysis of the zebrafish ventricular myosin heavy chain (vmhc) promoter: An inhibitory mechanism of ventricle-specific gene expression

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1564-1573

  Zhang, Ruilin ^a   Xu, Xiaolei ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chamber specificity; Promoter analysis; Transgenic fish; Vmhc

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VMHC GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 66349103082     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21929     Document Type: Article

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