Macho-1 functions as transcriptional activator for muscle formation in embryos of the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-437

  Sawada, Kaichiro ^a,b   Fukushima, Yusuke ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hierarchical Biology Research Lab   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryo; Macho 1; Maternal factor; Muscle formation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GUANINE; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOSIN; PROTEIN MACHO 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; BLASTOMERE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DIVISION; CONJUGATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOTHER; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EGG PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOSINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; GASTROPODA; HALOCYNTHIA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI;

EID: 12344312168     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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