GATA-dependent regulatory switches establish atrioventricular canal specificity during heart development

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Stefanovic, Sonia ^a   Barnett, Phil ^a   Van Duijvenboden, Karel ^a   Weber, David ^b   Gessler, Manfred ^b   Christoffels, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3K27; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5-BROMO-4-CHLORO-3-INDOLYL BETA-GALACTOSIDE; GALACTOSIDE; GATA4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DEACETYLATION; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE REPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HISTONE ACETYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEART; HEART VALVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GALACTOSIDES; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HEART VALVES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLES; MICE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84899648889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4680     Document Type: Article

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