Vertebrate organogenesis: getting the heart into shape

Heidi J Auman; Deborah Yelon

Vertebrate organogenesis: getting the heart into shape

Curr Biol. 2004 Feb 17;14(4):R152-3.

Authors

Heidi J Auman¹, Deborah Yelon

Affiliation

¹ Developmental Genetics Program and Department of Cell Biology, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. auman@saturn.med.nyu.edu

PMID: 15027466

Abstract

Recent mutant analysis in zebrafish points to an important role for oriented cell division in cardiac chamber formation and reveals its molecular control by a novel signal from the heart's interior.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Cell Division
Endocardium / cytology*
Endocardium / metabolism
Heart / embryology*
Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism*
Models, Biological
Organogenesis*
Signal Transduction
Zebrafish / embryology*
Zebrafish Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

Membrane Glycoproteins
Zebrafish Proteins
heg1 protein, zebrafish