The impact of mechanical forces in heart morphogenesis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-142

  Granados Riveron, Javier T ^a   Brook, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 2; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; TROPONIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE MUTATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC MYOSINS; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84860858212     PISSN: 1942325X     EISSN: 19423268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.961086     Document Type: Article

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