Different levels, but not different isoforms, of the Drosophila transcription factor DMEF2 affect distinct aspects of muscle differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 130-145

  Gunthorpe, Deborah ^a   Beatty, Kathryn E ^a   Taylor, Michael V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Drosophila MEF2; Muscle differentiation; Protein isoforms; Transcription factor thresholds

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033230138     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9449     Document Type: Article

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