Vertebrate organogenesis: getting the heart into shape.
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.
Auman
Heidi J
HJ
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
Yelon
Deborah
D
D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D004699:Endocardium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D038081:Organogenesis; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology*; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C482644:heg1 protein, zebrafish