A serum response factor-dependent transcriptional regulatory program identifies distinct smooth muscle cell sublineages

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2266-2278

  Kim, Steven ^a   Ip, Hon S ^a   Lu, Min M ^a   Clendenin, Cynthia ^a   Parmacek, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030894716     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.4.2266     Document Type: Article

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