The atrial natriuretic factor promoter is a downstream target for Nkx- 2.5 in the myocardium

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 4648-4655

  Durocher, Daniel ^a   Chen, Chen Yi ^b   Ardati, Ali ^a,e   Schwartz, Robert J ^b   Nemer, Mona ^a,c,d  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TATA BOX;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029779002     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.9.4648     Document Type: Article

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