Molecular distinction between specification and differentiation in the myogenic basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor family

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2404-2412

  Bergstrom, D A ^a   Tapscott, S J ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MYOGENIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

3T3 CELLS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035102798     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.7.2404-2412.2001     Document Type: Article

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