Deciphering the signals specifying the proepicardium

Circulation Research

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1789-1790

  Svensson, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5;

EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; MESODERM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MORPHOGENESIS; PERICARDIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 77954180767     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.222216     Document Type: Editorial

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