The cardiac transcription factors nkx2-5 and GATA-4 are mutual cofactors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5687-5696

  Durocher, Daniel ^a,c   Charron, Frédéric ^a,c   Warren, René ^a,c   Schwartz, Robert J ^b   Nemer, Mona ^a,c  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ANF; Cardiogenesis; GATA factors; Homeodomain; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HEART; HELA CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0030799792     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.18.5687     Document Type: Article

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