Notch promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition during cardiac development and oncogenic transformation

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-115

  Timmerman, Luika A ^a   Grego Bessa, Joaquín ^b,e   Raya, Angel ^c   Bertrán, Esther ^b   Pérez Pomares, José María ^d   Díez, Juan ^b   Aranda, Sergi ^b   Palomo, Sergio ^b   McCormick, Frank ^a   Izpisúa Belmonte, Juan Carlos ^c   De La Pompa, José Luis ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

EMT; Endocardium; Lateral induction; Notch; Snail; TGF

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; N1IC PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; SNAIL REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FATE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VALVE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MESENCHYME; METASTASIS; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESODERM; MICE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 9144246932     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.276304     Document Type: Article

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