The Mef2c gene is a direct transcriptional target of myogenic bHLH and MEF2 proteins during skeletal muscle development

Development

Volumn 128, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 4623-4633

  Wang, D Z ^a   Renee Valdez, M ^a   McAnally, J ^a   Richardson, J ^a   Olson, E N ^a  

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

Author keywords

bHLH; MEF2; MEF2C; Mouse; Myogenesis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCING FACTOR; MYOD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINEAGE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035203948     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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