D-mef2 is a target for Tinman activation during Drosophila heart development

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 515-522

  Gajewski, Kathleen ^a   Kim, Yongsok ^b   Lee, Young Mi ^b   Olson, Eric N ^c   Schulz, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenic factors; D mef2; Heart; tinman; Transcriptional enhancer

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031033603     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.3.515     Document Type: Article

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