Early cardiac development: A view from stem cells to embryos

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-362

  Van Vliet, Patrick ^a   Wu, Sean M ^b,c   Zaffran, Stéphane ^d,e   Pucéat, Michel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac cell lineages; Cardiac development; Embryonic heart

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; EPICARDIUM; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM LAYER; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HEART; HUMANS; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84869485293     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvs270     Document Type: Review

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