Transcription occurs in pulses in muscle fibers

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2748-2758

  Newlands, Sarah ^a   Levitt, Linda K ^a,c   Robinson, C Stephen ^a   Karpf, A B Carmen ^a   Hodgson, Vanessa R M ^a   Wade, Robert P ^b   Hardeman, Edna C ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Myonuclei; Skeletal muscle; Stochastic regulation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GROWTH REGULATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032167516     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.17.2748     Document Type: Article

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