Myocardin-related transcription factor B is required for normal mouse vascular development and smooth muscle gene expression

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 416-425

  Wei, Ke ^a   Che, Nam ^a   Chen, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardin like 2 (Mkl2); Myocardin related transcription factor B (MRTF B); Serum response factor (SRF); Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MYOCARDIN; MYOCARDIN RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR B; RNA; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PORTAL VEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM RESPONSE ELEMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YOLK SAC;

MUS;

EID: 33846931364     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21041     Document Type: Article

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