Hedgehog signaling is required for differentiation of endocardial progenitors in zebrafish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 377-391

  Wong, Kuan Shen ^a   Rehn, Kira ^a   Palencia Desai, Sharina ^a   Kohli, Vikram ^a   Hunter, Wynn ^a   Uhl, Juli D ^a   Rost, Megan S ^a   Sumanas, Saulius ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclopamine; Endocardium; Endoderm; Fibronectin; Heart; Hedgehog; NFATc1; Notochord; Smoothened; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPAMINE; FIBRONECTIN; NFATC1 PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SHH PROTEIN; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TWHH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENDOCARDIAL CELL; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDODERM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE SILENCING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 84355161914     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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