Myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2 and thyroid hormone receptor associate and synergistically activate the α-cardiac myosin heavy-chain gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2745-2755

  Lee, Youngsook ^a,c   Nadal Ginard, Bernardo ^b,d   Mahdavi, Vijak ^b,d   Izumo, Seigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030973865     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.5.2745     Document Type: Article

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