Multiple roles for the MyoD basic region in transmission of transcriptional activation signals and interaction with MEF2

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Black, Brian L ^a   Molkentin, Jeffery D ^a,b   Olson, Eric N ^a  

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

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; MYOD PROTEIN; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031972698     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.1.69     Document Type: Article

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