The conserved transcription factor Mef2 has multiple roles in adult Drosophila musculature formation

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1270-1275

  Soler, Cedric ^a   Han, Jun ^a   Taylor, Michael V ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Mef2; Muscle differentiation; Myogenesis; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLIGHT MUSCLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; MEF2 GENE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DANIO RERIO; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857981003     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.077875     Document Type: Article

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