Transcription factor GATA-4 regulates cardiac muscle-specific expression of the α-myosin heavy-chain gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 4947-4957

  Molkentin, Jeffery D ^a   Kalvakolanu, Dhananjaya V ^a   Markham, Bruce E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0028283186     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.7.4947     Document Type: Article

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