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Anterior endoderm is sufficient to rescue foregut apoptosis and heart tube morphogenesis in an embryo lacking retinoic acid.
Developmental biology - 1 Mar 2000
Ghatpande S, Ghatpande A, Zile M, Evans T
Abstract excerpt
The vitamin A deficient (VAD) quail embryo lacks active retinoids, fails to express normally GATA-4, and develops a nonlooping heart tube morphogenetic defect that is a model for congenital cardiomyopathy. VAD quail embryos, or chick embryos depleted specifically for GATA factors, show in addition abnormal foregut development, characterized by apoptosis of the endoderm cells associated with presumptive myocardium...
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