Expression and functional activity of four myocardin isoforms

Gene

Volumn 464, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Imamura, Masaaki ^a   Long, Xiaochun ^a   Nanda, Vivek ^a   Miano, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Gene expression; Myocardin; Promoter; Smooth muscle; Splicing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CALPONIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MYOCARDIN; MYOCD V1; MYOCD V2; MYOCD V3; MYOCD V4; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; MYOGENIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; TRANSGELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRAIN COS7; CELL STRAIN LNCAP; DNA SPLICING; EXON; EXON SKIPPING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE; LUNG; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPECIES; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TUMOR CELL LINE;

RATTUS;

EID: 77955269556     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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