A Pax3/Dmrt2/Myf5 regulatory cascade functions at the onset of myogenesis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Sato, Takahiko ^a   Rocancourt, Didier ^a   Marques, Luís ^b,c   Thorsteinsdóttir, Sólveig ^b,c   Buckingham, Margaret ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; PROTEIN DMRT2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DMRT2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYF5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PAX3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMITE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77952380242     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000897     Document Type: Article

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