Expression and activity of serum response factor is required for expression of the muscle-determining factor MyoD in both dividing and differentiating mouse C2C12 myoblasts

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 719-729

  Gauthier Rouviere, Cécile ^a   Vandromme, Marie ^a   Tuil, David ^b   Lautredou, Nicole ^a   Morris, May ^a   Soulez, Marielle ^b   Kahn, Axel ^b   Fernandez, Anne ^a   Lamb, Ned ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029872733     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.5.719     Document Type: Article

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