Mesodermal Nkx2.5 is necessary and sufficient for early second heart field development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-79

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Nomura Kitabayashi, Aya ^a   Sultana, Nishat ^a   Cai, Weibin ^a   Cai, Xiaoqiang ^a   Moon, Anne M ^b   Cai, Chen Leng ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEIS CENTER FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart development; Nkx2.5; Pharyngeal endoderm; Pharyngeal mesoderm; Second heart field

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; SECOND HEART FIELD;

MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

HEART DEVELOPMENT; NKX2.5; PHARYNGEAL ENDODERM; PHARYNGEAL MESODERM; SECOND HEART FIELD;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYOCARDIUM; PHARYNX; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84897572490     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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