Transcriptional regulation of the cardiac-specific MLC2 gene during Xenopus embryonic development

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 669-679

  Latinkić, Branko V ^a,b   Cooper, Brian ^a   Smith, Stuart ^a   Kotecha, Surendra ^a   Towers, Norma ^a   Sparrow, Duncan ^a   Mohun, Timothy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; Heart; Myocardium; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CARDIAC MYOSIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; CYSTINE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THYMINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENICS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARDIAC MYOSINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242307427     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00953     Document Type: Article

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