musculin: A murine basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene expressed in embryonic skeletal muscle

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 197-201

  Robb, Lorraine ^a   Hartley, Lynne ^a   Wang, Chen Chung ^b   Harvey, Richard P ^b,c   Begley, C Glenn ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABF 1; Basic helix loop helix; Capsulin; Epicardin; Musculin; Myogenesis; Myogenic regulatory factor; Pod 1

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MUSCULIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032144228     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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