Knockdown of alpha myosin heavy chain disrupts the cytoskeleton and leads to multiple defects during chick cardiogenesis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 905-915

  Rutland, Catrin ^a   Warner, Louise ^a   Thorpe, Aaran ^a   Alibhai, Aziza ^a   Robinson, Thelma ^a   Shaw, Barry ^a   Layfield, Robert ^a   Brook, David J ^a   Loughna, Siobhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha; Atrial; Cardiac development; Looping; Myosin; Septation

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHICK; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CARDIOMEGALY; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEART; MICROFILAMENTS; PHENOTYPE; VENTRICULAR MYOSINS;

EID: 66449108562     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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