Myoskeletin, a factor related to Myocardin, is expressed in somites and required for hypaxial muscle formation in Xenopus

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-320

  Zhao, Hui ^a   Rebbert, Martha L ^a   Dawid, Igor B ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypaxial muscle; Myocardin; Skeletal muscle; Somite

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOCARDIN; MYOSKELETIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMITE; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOMITES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34347240770     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.062260hz     Document Type: Article

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