Transgenic analysis of the atrialnatriuretic factor (ANF) promoter: Nkx2-5 and GATA-4 binding sites are required for atrial specific expression of ANF

Developmental Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-131

  Small, Eric M ^a   Krieg, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

ANF; Atrium; Heart; Nkx2 5; Transcription factor; Transgenesis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SRF; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FACE MUSCLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE; XENOPUS;

MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0041661957     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00306-3     Document Type: Article

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