Myocardin Expression Is Regulated by Nkx2.5, and Its Function Is Required for Cardiomyogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 9222-9232

  Ueyama, Tomomi ^a   Kasahara, Hideko ^a,b   Ishiwata, Takahiro ^a   Nie, Qing ^a   Izumo, Seigo ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYOCARDIN; MYOCARDIN A; PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ISOLATION; SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; FETAL HEART; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345060044     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.24.9222-9232.2003     Document Type: Article

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