Expression of myogenic regulatory factors in the muscle-derived electric organ of Sternopygus macrurus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2172-2184

  Kim, Jung A ^a,b   Laney, Christine ^a   Curry, Jeanne ^a   Unguez, Graciela A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric fish; Electric organ; Electrical activity; Myogenic regulatory factor; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

FISH PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; MYOGENIC FACTOR 6; MYOGENIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GYMNOTIFORMES; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FISH PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GYMNOTIFORMES; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; MYOGENIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

GYMNOTIFORMES; MAMMALIA; STERNOPYGUS MACRURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47949102145     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.016592     Document Type: Article

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