zfh-1, the Drosophila homologue of ZEB, is a transcriptional repressor that regulates somatic myogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 7255-7263

  Postigo, Antonio A ^a   Ward, Ellen ^a   Skeath, James B ^a   Dean, Douglas C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032860820     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.10.7255     Document Type: Article

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