Six Homeoproteins Directly Activate Myod Expression in the Gene Regulatory Networks That Control Early Myogenesis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Relaix, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Demignon, Josiane ^d   Laclef, Christine ^a,d   Pujol, Julien ^d   Santolini, Marc ^e   Niro, Claire ^d   Lagha, Mounia ^f,g   Rocancourt, Didier ^f   Buckingham, Margaret ^f   Maire, Pascal ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UMRS974 Institut de Myologie   (France)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84876843263     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003425     Document Type: Article

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