A bHLH code for cardiac morphogenesis

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-324

  Conway, Simon J ^a   Firulli, Beth ^a   Firulli, Anthony B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix transcription factors; Congenital heart diseases; Gene dosage

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAND1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAND2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ALPHA HELIX; CHICK EMBRYO; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; E BOX ELEMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 77954757308     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9608-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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