Temporal regulation of the muscle gene cascade by Macho1 and Tbx6 transcription factors in Ciona intestinalis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2453-2463

  Kugler, Jamie E ^a   Gazdoiu, Stefan ^a   Oda Ishii, Izumi ^a   Passamaneck, Yale J ^a   Erives, Albert J ^b   Di Gregorio, Anna ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Brachyury; Ciona intestinalis; Collagen; Macho; Muscle; Notochord; T box; Tbx6; Transcription

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MACHO1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN 1 GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; LARVA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EGG PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSGENES;

ASCIDIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 77954948485     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.066910     Document Type: Article

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