Origin and development of the atrioventricular myocardial lineage: Insight into the development of accessory pathways

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 565-577

  Aanhaanen, Wim T J ^a   Moorman, Antoon F M ^a   Christoffels, Vincent M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular canal; Atrioventricular conduction system; Lineage analysis; Preexcitation; T box transcription factors; WPW

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; DNA FRAGMENT; JAGGED1; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P21; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX20; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; EPICARDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE FIBER; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINUS NODE; TRICUSPID VALVE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 79958162532     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20826     Document Type: Review

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