The fabulous destiny of the Drosophila heart

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 518-525

  Medioni, Caroline ^a,b   Sénatore, Sébastien ^a   Salmand, Pierre Adrien ^a   Lalevée, Nathalie ^a   Perrin, Laurent ^a   Sémériva, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALMODULIN; DYSTROGLYCAN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71849097539     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.07.004     Document Type: Review

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