MEF2 responds to multiple calcium-regulated signals in the control of skeletal muscle fiber type

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1963-1973

  Wu, Hai ^a   Naya, Francisco J ^b   McKinsey, Timothy A ^b   Mercer, Brian ^b   Shelton, John M ^a   Chin, Eva R ^a   Simard, Alain R ^c   Michel, Robin N ^c   Bassel Duby, Rhonda ^a   Olson, Eric N ^b   Williams, R Sanders ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; CaMKIV; MEF2; Myogenic cells; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM ION; MUSCLE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE TYPE ACCORDING TO FUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPORTER GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034595213     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.9.1963     Document Type: Article

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