Distinct gene expression patterns in skeletal and cardiac muscle are dependent on common regulatory sequences in the MLC1/3 locus

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4524-4534

  McGrew, Michael J ^a,b   Bogdanova, Natalia ^b   Hasegawa, Koji ^c   Hughes, Stephen H ^d   Kitsis, Richard N ^c   Rosenthal, Nadia ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HEART MUSCLE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029929851     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.8.4524     Document Type: Article

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