Cloning and characterisation of Myf5 and MyoD orthologues in Xenopus tropicalis

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 555-561

  Fisher, M E ^a   Peck, W ^a   Branney, P A ^a   Pownall, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myf5; MyoD; Myogenic regulatory genes; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOPUS;

ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 0344898237     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biolcel.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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