The Drosophila zinc finger transcription factor CF2 is a myogenic marker downstream of MEF2 during muscle development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 265-268

  Bagni, Claudia ^a,e   Bray, Sarah ^b   Gogos, Joseph A ^c   Kafatos, Fotis C ^a   Hsu, Tien ^d  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CF2; Drosophila; MEF2; Myogenesis; Transcription factors; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEF2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; HEART MUSCLE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VISCERA; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLES; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0036768629     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00176-4     Document Type: Article

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