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Early myocardial function affects endocardial cushion development in zebrafish.
PLoS biology - 1 May 2004
Bartman Thomas, Walsh Emily C, Wen Kuo-Kuang, McKane Melissa, Ren Jihui, Alexander Jonathan, Rubenstein Peter A, Stainier Didier Y R
Abstract excerpt
Function of the heart begins long before its formation is complete. Analyses in mouse and zebrafish have shown that myocardial function is not required for early steps of organogenesis, such as formation of the heart tube or chamber specification. However, whether myocardial function is required for later steps of cardiac development, such as endocardial cushion (EC) formation, has not been established. Recent...
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