SRF regulates Bcl-2 expression and promotes cell survival during murine embryonic development

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1834-1844

  Schratt, Gerhard ^a,c   Philippar, Ulrike ^a,d   Hockemeyer, Dirk ^a   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Alberti, Siegfried ^a   Nordheim, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Cavitation; ES cells; SRF

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DEPSIPEPTIDES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 2442473011     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600188     Document Type: Article

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