Differential activation of the SMαA promoter in smooth vs. skeletal muscle cells by bHLH factors

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 6 45-6, 1999, Pages

  Johnson, A Daniel ^a   Owens, Gary K ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix protein; E box; Myogenin; Up stream stimulatory factor; Actin promoter

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MYOGENIN; ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSACTIVATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENES, REPORTER; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033002078     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.276.6.c1420     Document Type: Article

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