MAP kinase converts MyoD into an instructive muscle differentiation factor in Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 168-181

  Zetser, Anna ^a   Frank, Dale ^a   Bengal, Eyal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

MAP kinase; Muscle; MyoD; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOD PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTRULA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0035585859     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0465     Document Type: Article

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