Expression of MRF4 protein in adult and in regenerating muscles in Xenopus

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 445-449

  Becker, Christel ^a   Della Gaspera, Bruno ^a   Guyot, Michèle ^a   Donsez, Evelyne ^a   Armand, Anne Sophie ^a   Charbonnier, Frédéric ^a   Launay, Thierry ^a   Chanoine, Christophe ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

MRF4; Myogenesis; Myogenic regulatory factor; Regeneration; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOGENIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0038678506     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10318     Document Type: Article

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