Embryonic Stem Cells as a Model System to Elucidate Early Events in Cardiac Specification and Determination

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Gabriella Minchiotti1, Cristina D’Aniello1, Roberto Ronca2, Laura Gualandi2,3 and Patrizia Dell'Era2 1Stem Cell fate Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biophysic “A. Buzzati-Traverso,” Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples 2Unit of General Pathology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Brescia 3Present address: Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 1,2Italy 3Sweden