Vascular Morphogenesis in the Female Reproductive System
Augustin, Hellmut G. / Iruela-Arispe, M. Luisa / Rogers, Peter A.W. / Smithe, Stephen K. The overall scope of this new series will be to evolve an understanding of the genetic basis of (1) how early mesoderm commits to cells of a heart lineage that progressively and irreversibly assemble into a segmented, primary heart tube that can be remodeled into a four-chambered organ, and (2) how blood vessels are derived and assembled both in the heart and in the body. Our central aim is to establish a four-dimensional, spatiotemporal found...