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Id genes are essential for early heart formation.
Genes & development - 1 Jul 2017
Cunningham Thomas J, Yu Michael S, McKeithan Wesley L, Spiering Sean, Carrette Florent, Huang Chun-Teng, Bushway Paul J, Tierney Matthew, Albini Sonia, Giacca Mauro, Mano Miguel, Puri Pier Lorenzo, Sacco Alessandra, Ruiz-Lozano Pilar, Riou Jean-Francois, Umbhauer Muriel, Duester Gregg, Mercola Mark, Colas Alexandre R
Abstract excerpt
Deciphering the fundamental mechanisms controlling cardiac specification is critical for our understanding of how heart formation is initiated during embryonic development and for applying stem cell biology to regenerative medicine and disease modeling. Using systematic and unbiased functional screening approaches, we discovered that the Id family of helix-loop-helix proteins is both necessary and sufficient to...
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