Forced myocardin expression primes cardiac and smooth muscle transcription patterning in human mesenchymal stem cells

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-183

  Ventura, Carlo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TROPONIN I; VIRUS VECTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; EDITORIAL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MYOCARDIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 21744461891     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.05.012     Document Type: Editorial

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