Requirement of transcription factor NFAT in developing atrial myocardium

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 861-874

  Schubert, William ^a   Yang, Xiao Yong ^a   Yang, Teddy T C ^a   Factor, Stephen M ^a   Lisanti, Michael P ^a   Molkentin, Jeffery D ^b   Rincón, Mercedes ^c   Chow, Chi Wing ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocytes; Heart development; Inducible transgenic mice; Sarcomeric proteins; Troponin complex

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; CAVEOLIN 3; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTN1 GENE; CTNT GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOMERE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HEART ATRIA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SARCOMERES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0038457888     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200301058     Document Type: Article

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