Nature Medicine
2, 1069 - 1071 (1996)
doi:10.1038/nm1096-1069
Neurotrophin−3 knocks heart off TrkDeepak Srivastava1, 2
& Eric N. Olson2
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas 75235-9148, USA
2Department of Molecular Biology and Oncology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas 75235-9148, USA Heart defects in NT-3 knockout mice implicate this neurotrophin in cardiac development.
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