PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hines, Pamela J.
TI  - A Steady Beat
AID  - 10.1126/scisignal.3148ec352
DP  - 2010 Nov 16
TA  - Science Signaling
PG  - ec352--ec352
VI  - 3
IP  - 148
4099  - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/3/148/ec352.short
4100  - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/3/148/ec352.full
SO  - Sci. Signal.2010 Nov 16; 3
AB  - A regular heartbeat depends on steady function of the cardiac pacemaker. The early embryonic heart is neither as steady nor as organized as the mature heart. Arrenberg et al. used zebrafish engineered to express light-sensitive proteins to locate and manipulate the function of the cardiac pacemaker. By controlling the activity of small patches of cells with light beams, the authors monitored the development of the young heart, showing how the cardiac pacemaker develops during embryogenesis. A. B. Arrenberg, D. Y. R. Stainier, H. Baier, J. Huisken, Optogenetic control of cardiac function. Science 330, 971–974 (2010). [Abstract] [Full Text]