Skeletal myosin light chain kinase regulates skeletal myogenesis by phosphorylation of MEF2C

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2477-2489

  Al Madhoun, Ashraf Said ^a   Mehta, Virja ^a   Li, Grace ^a   Figeys, Daniel ^a,b   Wiper Bergeron, Nadine ^a   Skerjanc, Ilona S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

MEF2; MRFs; skeletal myogenesis; skMLCK; stem cells

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PROTEIN P300;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SATELLITE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; THREONINE;

EID: 79958799215     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.153     Document Type: Article

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