Evolutionary conservation of MyoD function and differential utilization of E proteins

Developmental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 465-472

  Zhang, Jian Min ^a   Chen, Lihsia ^c   Krause, Michael ^b   Fire, Andrew ^d   Paterson, Bruce M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Drosophila; E proteins; MyoD; Myogenesis

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033561175     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9218     Document Type: Article

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