Positive autoregulation of the Myocyte enhancer factor-2 myogenic control gene during somatic muscle development in Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 536-547

  Cripps, Richard M ^a,b   Lovato, TyAnna L ^a   Olson, Eric N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Drosophila; Enhancer; Evolutionary conservation; Mesoderm; Muscle; Myocyte enhancer factor 2; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE TARGETING; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542297347     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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