Nkx genes are essential for maintenance of ventricular identity

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 4203-4213

  Targoff, Kimara L ^a,b   Colombo, Sophie ^b   George, Vanessa ^b   Schell, Thomas ^a   Kim, Seok Hyung ^c   Solnica Krezel, Lilianna ^d   Yelon, Deborah ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; Chamber identity; Nkx2.5; Nkx2.7; Ventricle; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PLASTICITY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; ZEBRA FISH;

ATRIUM; CHAMBER IDENTITY; NKX2.5; NKX2.7; VENTRICLE; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL MYOSINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VENTRICULAR MYOSINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84884934231     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.095562     Document Type: Article

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