Distal regulatory elements control MRF4 gene expression in early and late myogenic cell populations

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-312

  Pin, Christopher L ^a   Ludolph, David C ^a   Cooper, Scott T ^a   Klocke, Barbara J ^b   Merlie, John P ^b   Konieczny, Stephen F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gene regulation; MRF4; myogenesis; promoter regulatory elements

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; MYOGENIN; SOMITES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031052267     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199703)208:3<299::AID-AJA2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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