Mechanisms of cardiogenesis in cardiovascular progenitor cells

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue , 2012, Pages 195-267

  Taubenschmid, Jasmin ^a   Weitzer, Georg ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; Cardiovascular progenitor cell; Cell differentiation; Cell plasticity; Self renewal; Stem cell; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GROWTH FACTOR; MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855857582     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394304-0.00012-9     Document Type: Chapter

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