The cardiac tissue-restricted homeobox protein Csx/Nkx2.5 Physically associates with the zinc finger protein GATA4 and cooperatively activates atrial natriuretic factor gene expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3120-3129

  Lee, Youngsook ^a,e   Shioi, Tetsuo ^b   Kasahara, Hideko ^b   Jobe, Shawn M ^c   Wiese, Russell J ^d   Markham, Bruce E ^d   Izumo, Seigo ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e University of Wisconsin Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031844382     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.6.3120     Document Type: Article

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