title: Regulatory factors involved in cardiogenesis.
abstract: Determination of factors involved in cardiogenesis is fundamental to our understanding of heart growth and development. There are several families of transcription factors that play a role in cardiomyogenesis including the Nkx2, GATA, and MEF2 families. In this review, we describe factors implicated in development of cardiac tissues followed by a description of interactions among them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, China. wjk@hebmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Jin-Kun
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D064326:MEF2 Transcription Factors; D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D016207:Cytokines; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D064326:MEF2 Transcription Factors; D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C498765:HAND2 protein, human; C410915:hand2 protein, zebrafish; C097341:helix-loop-helix protein, eHAND; C092073:cardiotrophin 1