Publication Date:
1992-05-04
Description:
The molecular basis of skeletal muscle lineage determination was investigated by analyzing DNA control elements that regulate the myogenic determination gene myoD. A distal enhancer was identified that positively regulates expression of the human myoD gene. The myoD enhancer and promoter were active in myogenic and several nonmyogenic cell lines. In transgenic mouse embryos, however, the myoD enhancer and promoter together directed expression of a lacZ transgene specifically to the skeletal muscle lineage. These data suggest that during development myoD is regulated by mechanisms that restrict accessibility of myoD control elements to positive trans-acting factors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Goldhamer, D J -- Faerman, A -- Shani, M -- Emerson, C P Jr -- CA-06927/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- HD-07796/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Apr 24;256(5056):538-42.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1315077" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cell Differentiation
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Cell Line
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Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/genetics
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Cloning, Molecular
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Enhancer Elements, Genetic
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*Gene Expression Regulation
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Humans
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Mice
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Mice, Transgenic
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Muscle Proteins/*genetics
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Muscles/embryology/metabolism
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MyoD Protein
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Transcription, Genetic
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Transfection
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Tumor Cells, Cultured
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beta-Galactosidase/genetics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
