Shox2 Regulates the Pacemaker Gene Program in Embryoid Bodies

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2915-2926

  Hashem, Sherin I ^a   Lam, May L ^a   Mihardja, Shirley S ^b   White, Steven M ^a,c   Lee, Randall J ^b   Claycomb, William C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Office of Cook County Med Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; NOGGIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC GENE 4; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONNEXIN 40 GENE; CONNEXIN 43 GENE; CONNEXIN 45 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL 4 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NKX2.5 GENE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOX2 GENE; SINUS NODE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEM CELL CULTURE; SYNCYTIUM; TBX2 GENE; TBX3 GENE; TBX5 GENE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONNEXINS; EMBRYOID BODIES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINOATRIAL NODE; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 84885815153     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: 15578534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2013.0123     Document Type: Article

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