Neural ectoderm-secreted FGF initiates the expression of Nkx2.5 in cardiac progenitors via a p38 MAPK/CREB pathway

Developmental Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 374-384

  Keren Politansky, Anat ^a   Keren, Aviad ^a   Bengal, Eyal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiac gene expression; CREB; FGF; Nkx2.5; p38 MAPK; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA PRIMERS; ECTODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROINJECTIONS; MYOCARDIUM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 70350217312     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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