NKX2-5 regulates the expression of β-catenin and GATA4 in ventricular myocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Riazi, Ali M ^a   Takeuchi, Jun K ^a,e   Hornberger, Lisa K ^b   Zaidi, Syed Hassan ^c   Amini, Fariba ^a   Coles, John ^a   Bruneau, Benoit G ^a,d   Van Arsdell, Glen S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; GATA4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NKX2 5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NKX2 5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NKX2-5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NKX2-5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FETUS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOLOGY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 66549083305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005698     Document Type: Article

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