GATA-4 and Nkx-2.5 Coactivate Nkx-2 DNA binding targets: Role for regulating early cardiac gene expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3405-3415

  Sepulveda, Jorge L ^a   Belaguli, Narashimaswamy ^a   Nigam, Vishal ^a   Chen, Ching Y I ^b   Nemer, Mona ^c   Schwartz, Robert J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031815073     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.6.3405     Document Type: Article

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