Twist factor regulation of non-cardiomyocyte cell lineages in the developing heart

Differentiation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-88

  VanDusen, Nathan J ^a   Firulli, Anthony B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Endocardium; Epicardium; Hand factors; Neural crest; Twist1

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BHLH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HAND1 GENE; HAND2 GENE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWIS2 GENE; TWIST1 GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; NEURAL CREST; PERICARDIUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84863090749     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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