Blocking gap junctional intercellular communication in myoblasts inhibits myogenin and MRF4 expression

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-144

  Proulx, Alain ^a   Merrifield, Peter A ^a   Naus, Christian C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

blockage; gap junctions; MRF4; myogenesis; myogenin

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; MYOGENIN; OCTANOL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030932563     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)20:2<133::AID-DVG6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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