NFAT directly regulates Nkx2-5 transcription during cardiac cell differentiation

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 335-350

  Chen, Yong ^a   Cao, Xinmin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cardiac differentiation; Nkx2 5; Nuclear factor of activated T cell (NFAT); Regulatory element; Transcription

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NKX2 5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NKX2-5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67449085215     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: 1768322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20080108     Document Type: Article

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