Formation of the Heart and its Regulation

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Robert J. Tomanek, Robert B. Runyan
Springer Science & Business Media, Dec 6, 2012 - Science - 276 pages
The 'Formation of the Heart and its Regulation' reviews in considerable detail the major events in heart development and their control via genes, cell-cell interactions, growth factors and other contributing elements. In addition, there is an extensive and useful overview of the field of heart development taken as a whole. The book appeals to all students and researchers working on cardiovascular development and to pediatric cardiologists.
 

Contents

Overview of Heart Development
1
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15
Myofibrillogenesis in the Heart
23
Integrating
45
Differentially Expressed Genes and 175
74
Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Diversification
97
Neural Crest and Heart Development
109
Cardiac Conduction System Development
121
The Epicardium and the Formation
137
The Role of the Extracellular Matrix and Its 147
146
Growth Factor Regulation of Embryonic Fetal
171
Transforming Growth Factorẞ Signal Transduction 201
200
Homocysteine and the NMethylDAspartate
221
Function and Biomechanics of Developing 251
250
Index
273
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