Zebrafish Mef2ca and Mef2cb are essential for both first and second heart field cardiomyocyte differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-210

  Hinits, Yaniv ^a   Pan, Luyuan ^b   Walker, Charline ^c   Dowd, John ^c   Moens, Cecilia B ^b   Hughes, Simon M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulbus arteriosus; Cardiomyocyte; Differentiation; Hand2; Heart; Mef2a; Mef2c; Mef2ca; Mef2cb; Myl7; Outflow tract; Second heart field

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MEF2CA; PROTEIN MEF2CB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BMP4 GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; GATA4 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; HAND2 GENE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MARKER GENE; MEF2CA GENE; MEF2CB GENE; MESODERM; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUTANT; NKX2.5 GENE; NONHUMAN; NPPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMYD1B GENE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

BULBUS; DANIO RERIO; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865161610     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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