Ectopic expression of MEF2 in the epidermis induces epidermal expression of muscle genes and abnormal muscle development in Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 240-255

  Lin, Meei Hua ^a   Bour, Barbara A ^b   Abmayr, Susan M ^b   Storti, Robert V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOCYTE SPECIFIC ENHANCER BINDING FACTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031568794     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8484     Document Type: Article

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