Gene expression profiling of the forming atrioventricular node using a novel Tbx3-based node-specific transgenic reporter

Circulation Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Horsthuis, Thomas ^a   Buermans, Henk P J ^b   Brons, Janynke F ^a   Verkerk, Arie O ^a   Bakker, Martijn L ^a   Wakker, Vincent ^a   Clout, Danielle E W ^a   Moorman, Antoon F M ^a   T Hoen, Peter A C ^b   Christoffels, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Gene expression; Gene regulation; Ion channels; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SEMAPHORIN; SODIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM CHANNEL; NERVE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TBX3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SINUS NODE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 67949097457     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.192443     Document Type: Article

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