Mef2s are required for thick filament formation in nascent muscle fibres

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2511-2519

  Hinits, Yaniv ^a   Hughes, Simon M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acta1; actc1; eng2a; Hoover; hsp90a; Mef2c; Mef2d; Muscle; mybpc1; myhz1; Myofibril; Myogenin; Myosin; prdm1; smyhc1; Somite; tnnc; tpma; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2C; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2D; MYOSIN; MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAT SHOCK; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOBLAST; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SARCOMERE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447508210     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.007088     Document Type: Article

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