Knockdown of embryonic myosin heavy chain reveals an essential role in the morphology and function of the developing heart

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3955-3966

  Rutland, Catrin Sian ^a,b   Polo Parada, Luis ^c   Ehler, Elisabeth ^d   Alibhai, Aziza ^a   Thorpe, Aaran ^a   Suren, Suganthi ^e   Emes, Richard D ^b   Patel, Bhakti ^a   Loughna, Siobhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial septal development; Cardiomyopathy; Chick; Myosin

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL DEATH; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; ORGANOGENESIS; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051945696     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.059063     Document Type: Article

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