Promoter analysis of ventricular myosin heavy chain (vmhc) in zebrafish embryos

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1760-1767

  Jin, Daqing ^a,b   Ni, Terri T ^b   Hou, Jia ^c   Rellinger, Eric ^b,c   Zhong, Tao P ^b,d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac chamber; Promoter analysis; Transgene; Vmhc; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PRRX1B PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEART VENTRICLES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; VENTRICULAR MYOSINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 67649597982     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22000     Document Type: Article

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