α-myosin heavy chain gene regulation: Delineation and characterization of the cardiac muscle-specific enhancer and muscle-specific promoter

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1211-1225

  Molkentin, Jeffery D ^b   Jobe, Shawn M ^a   Markham, Bruce E ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix proteins; GATA 4; Myosin heavy chain; Serum response factor; Transcriptional regulation; Upstream stimulatory factor

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029931155     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1996.0112     Document Type: Article

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