More than just a simple cardiac envelope; cellular contributions of the epicardium

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Dueñas, Angel ^a   Aranega, Amelia E ^a   Franco, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epicardium; Heart development; Non coding RNAs; Proepicardium; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026846679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2017.00044     Document Type: Short Survey

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