Molecular Biology of Cardiac Development and Growth [Paperback]

This is the only book to specifically combine basic information on molecular biology with current thinking in cardiac development. The authors clearly illustrate that molecular biology has already provided a wealth of new approaches to the investigation of cellular processes at the molecular level and is now making a significant contribution to the understanding of the role played by such mechanisms in cardiac development. Furthermore, it is shown that this rapidly-expanding field provides an insight into the molecular events underlying cardiac malformation and disease.1. Basic Concepts in Molecular Biology.- 2. Cardiac Development.- 3. Contractile Protein Genes and Cardiac Muscle Development.- 4. Regulators of Muscle Gene Expression.- 5. Gene Expression in Cardiac Hypertrophy.- 6. Molecular Basis of Genetic Disorders of the Heart.Springer Book Archives