ZEB, a vertebrate homolog of Drosophila Zfh-1, is a negative regulator of muscle differentiation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 3935-3943

  Postigo, Antonio A ^a   Dean, Douglas C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

4 integrin; MEF 2; MRF proteins; Transcriptional repression; ZEB

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MUSCLES; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030960196     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.13.3935     Document Type: Article

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