Regulated demethylation of the myoD distal enhancer during skeletal myogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 490-503

  Brunk, Brian P ^a   Goldhamer, David J ^a   Emerson Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030221162     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0180     Document Type: Article

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