The epicardium in the embryonic and adult zebrafish

Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-116

  Peralta, Marina ^a   González Rosa, Juan Manuel ^a,b,c   Marques, Inês Joao ^a   Mercader, Nadia ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Epicardium; Proepicardium; Regeneration; wt1a; wt1b; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908330194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22213759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jdb2020101     Document Type: Article

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