A Nodal-independent and tissue-intrinsic mechanism controls heart-looping chirality

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Noël, Emily S ^a   Verhoeven, Manon ^a   Lagendijk, Anne Karine ^a   Tessadori, Federico ^a   Smith, Kelly ^a   Choorapoikayil, Suma ^a   Den Hertog, Jeroen ^a   Bakkers, Jeroen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYSTEINE; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; MUTATION; SIGNALING;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; BLASTULA; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BULKED SEGREGANT ANALYSIS; CLONING; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EX VIVO STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LOOPING CHIRALITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MARKER GENE; MESODERM; NODAL SIGNALLING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

BILATERIA; DANIO RERIO;

ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; MUTATION; NODAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84887801918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3754     Document Type: Article

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