Activation of the cardiac α-actin promoter depends upon serum response factor, Tinman homologue, Nkx-2.5, and Intact serum response elements

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-130

  Chen, Ching Yi ^a   Croissant, Jeffrey ^a   Majesky, Mark ^a   Topouzis, Stavros ^a   Mcquinn, Tim ^a   Frankovsky, Matt J ^a   Schwartz, Robert J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

actin; cardiogenesis; myogenesis; Nkx 2.5; SRF; tinman; transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHICKEN; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCARDIUM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0000342273     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)19:2<119::AID-DVG3>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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