GATA-4 and MEF2C transcription factors control the tissue-specific expression of the αT-catenin gene CTNNA3

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4155-4165

  Vanpoucke, Griet ^a,b   Goossens, Steven ^a   De Craene, Bram ^a   Gilbert, Barbara ^a   van Roy, Frans ^a   Berx, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; CTNNA3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MEF2C PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEF2C PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYOCYTE SPECIFIC ENHANCER BINDING FACTOR 2; MYOCYTE-SPECIFIC ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 2; MYOGENIC FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4043127616     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh727     Document Type: Article

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