An activation domain of the helix-loop-helix transcription factor E2A shows cell type preference in vivo in microinjected zebra fish embryos

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1714-1721

  Argenton, Francesco ^a   Arava, Yoav ^b   Aronheim, Ami ^b,c   Walker, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROINJECTION; MUSCLE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SCLEROTOME; SKIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0029867165     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.4.1714     Document Type: Article

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