Zebrafish as a model for cardiovascular development and disease

Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-140

  Nguyen, Catherine T ^a   Lu, Qing ^a,c   Wang, Yibin ^a,b   Chen, Jau Nian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CONNECTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN T;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL GENETICS; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 67651249613     PISSN: 17406757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmod.2009.02.003     Document Type: Review

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