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Latent TGF-β binding protein 3 identifies a second heart field in zebrafish.
Nature - 29 May 2011
Zhou Yong, Cashman Timothy J, Nevis Kathleen R, Obregon Pablo, Carney Sara A, Liu Yan, Gu Aihua, Mosimann Christian, Sondalle Samuel, Peterson Richard E, Heideman Warren, Burns Caroline E, Burns C Geoffrey
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The four-chambered mammalian heart develops from two fields of cardiac progenitor cells distinguished by their spatiotemporal patterns of differentiation and contributions to the definitive heart. The first heart field differentiates earlier in lateral plate mesoderm, generates the linear heart tube and ultimately gives rise to the left ventricle. The second heart field (SHF) differentiates later in pharyngeal...
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