MRF4 can substitute for myogenin during early stages of myogenesis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-241

  Zhu, Zhimin ^a,b   Miller, Jeffrey Boone ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

MRF4; Myogenesis; Myogenin; Regulatory loops; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

MYOGENIN;

ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLES; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; MYOGENIN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030945778     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199706)209:2<233::AID-AJA9>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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