The myogenic regulatory gene Mef2 is a direct target for transcriptional activation by Twist during Drosophila myogenesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 422-434

  Cripps, Richard M ^a   Black, Brian L ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a   Lien, Ching Ling ^a   Schulz, Robert A ^b   Olson, Eric N ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adepithelial cells; Drosophila; Imaginal discs; MEF2; Muscle development; Twist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SOMITE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032006641     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.3.422     Document Type: Article

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