A predictive model of asymmetric morphogenesis from 3D reconstructions of mouse heart looping dynamics

eLife

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Le Garrec, Jean François ^a,b   Domínguez, Jorge N ^c   Desgrange, Audrey ^a,b   Ivanovitch, Kenzo D ^d   Raphaël, Etienne ^a,b   Bangham, J Andrew ^e   Torres, Miguel ^d   Coen, Enrico ^f   Mohun, Timothy J ^g   Meilhac, Sigolène M ^a,b  

^a IMAGINE INSTITUTE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^g THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO; GROWTH RATE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LOOPING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HIGH RESOLUTION EPISCOPIC MICROSCOPY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVE CELL IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; HEART;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 85036595289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.28951     Document Type: Article

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