Article
An in vitro analysis of myocardial potential indicates that phenotypic plasticity is an innate property of early embryonic tissue.
Stem cells and development - 1 Dec 2004
Eisenberg Leonard M, Eisenberg Carol A
Abstract excerpt
Explants from gastrula-stage avian embryos have provided an important culture model for examining the formation of the vertebrate heart. Explants harvested from anterior regions containing the precardiac mesoderm faithfully recapitulate cardiogenesis and generate contractile tissue in culture. Posterior regions of the early embryo do not supply cellular material to the developing heart in situ, and thus have been...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
