Overlapping functions of the myogenic bHLH genes MRF4 and MyoD revealed in double mutant mice

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2349-2358

  Rawls, Alan ^a,d   Valdez, M Renee ^a   Zhang, Wei ^c   Richardson, James ^b   Klein, William H ^c   Olson, Eric N ^a  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mouse; MRF4; Myf5; MyoD; Myogenein; Myogenesis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE AND BONES; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; MYOGENIN; OSTEOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031927208     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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