PUBLICATION

Transcriptional Regulation of Heart Development in Zebrafish

Authors
Lu, F., Langenbacher, A.D., Chen, J.N.
ID
ZDB-PUB-160506-5
Date
2016
Source
Journal of cardiovascular development and disease   3(2): (Review)
Registered Authors
Chen, Jau-Nian, Langenbacher, Adam
Keywords
epigenetic regulators, heart development, transcription factors, zebrafish
MeSH Terms
none
PubMed
27148546 Full text @ J Cardiovasc Dev Dis
Abstract
Cardiac transcription factors orchestrate the complex cellular and molecular events required to produce a functioning heart. Misregulation of the cardiac transcription program leads to embryonic developmental defects and is associated with human congenital heart diseases. Recent studies have expanded our understanding of the regulation of cardiac gene expression at an additional layer, involving the coordination of epigenetic and transcriptional regulators. In this review, we highlight and discuss discoveries made possible by the genetic and embryological tools available in the zebrafish model organism, with a focus on the novel functions of cardiac transcription factors and epigenetic and transcriptional regulatory proteins during cardiogenesis.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping