A single GATA factor plays discrete, lineage specific roles in ascidian heart development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-163

  Ragkousi, Katerina ^a   Beh, Jeni ^b,c   Sweeney, Sarah ^a,d   Starobinska, Ella ^a   Davidson, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Entelos Inc   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Cardia bifida; Cardiac morphogenesis; Cell migration; Endoderm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GATAA GENE; GENE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952194075     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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