Uncovering the molecular and cellular mechanisms of heart development using the zebrafish

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 397-418

  Staudt, David ^a,b   Stainier, Didier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84870215257     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: 15452948     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155646     Document Type: Review

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