Mef2cb regulates late myocardial cell addition from a second heart field-like population of progenitors in zebrafish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-133

  Lazic, Savo ^a,b   Scott, Ian C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Richard Lewar Centre for Excellence in Cardiovascular Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart development; Mef2c; Second heart field; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; PROTEIN MEF2C; PROTEIN MEF2CB; PROTEIN MYL7; PROTEIN VMHC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955517275     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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