Muscle-specific expression of myogenin in zebrafish embryos is controlled by multiple regulatory elements in the promoter

The protein Id: A negative regulator of helix-loop-helix DNA binding proteins

1990 • 2,273 citations

MyoD or Myf-5 is required for the formation of skeletal muscle

1993 • 1,663 citations

Muscle deficiency and neonatal death in mice with a targeted mutation in the myogenin gene

1993 • 1,314 citations

The MyoD family and myogenesis: Redundancy, networks, and thresholds

1993 • 1,062 citations

Activation of muscle-specific genes in pigment, nerve, fat, liver, and fibroblast cell lines by forced expression of MyoD.

1989 • 984 citations

Myogenin gene disruption results in perinatal lethality because of severe muscle defect

1993 • 912 citations

Redefining the Genetic Hierarchies Controlling Skeletal Myogenesis: Pax-3 and Myf-5 Act Upstream of MyoD

1997 • 815 citations

MyoD family: a paradigm for development?

1990 • 776 citations

Introns increase transcriptional efficiency in transgenic mice.

1988 • 733 citations

Developmental regulation of zebrafish MyoD in wild-type, no tail and spadetail embryos

1996 • 653 citations

Skeletal muscle formation in vertebrates

2001 • 432 citations

The regulation of myogenin gene expression during the embryonic development of the mouse.

1993 • 419 citations

Synergistic regulation of vertebrate muscle development by Dach2, Eya2, and Six1, homologs of genes required for Drosophila eye formation

1999 • 373 citations

Differential activation of Myf5 and MyoD by different Wnts in explants of mouse paraxial mesoderm and the later activation of myogenesis in the absence of Myf5

1998 • 369 citations

Molecular Mechanisms of Myogenic Coactivation by p300: Direct Interaction with the Activation Domain of MyoD and with the MADS Box of MEF2C

1997 • 363 citations

Notochord induction of zebrafish slow muscle mediated by Sonic hedgehog

1997 • 356 citations

Comparison of Intron-Dependent and Intron-Independent Gene Expression

1988 • 349 citations

Inhibition of Myogenic bHLH and MEF2 Transcription Factors by the bHLH Protein Twist

1996 • 328 citations

Identification of a myocyte nuclear factor that binds to the muscle-specific enhancer of the mouse muscle creatine kinase gene.

1989 • 326 citations

Homeobox genes and connective tissue patterning

1995 • 321 citations

Induction of a specific muscle cell type by a hedgehog-like protein in zebrafish

1996 • 320 citations

Wnt signaling and the activation of myogenesis in mammals

1999 • 304 citations

Analysis of the myogenin promoter reveals an indirect pathway for positive autoregulation mediated by the muscle-specific enhancer factor MEF-2.

1992 • 302 citations

Muscle LIM Protein Promotes Myogenesis by Enhancing the Activity of MyoD

1997 • 286 citations

Sonic hedgehog controls epaxial muscle determination through Myf5 activation

1999 • 269 citations

Separable Regulatory Elements Governing myogenin Transcription in Mouse Embryogenesis

1993 • 258 citations

Comparison of intron-dependent and intron-independent gene expression.

1988 • 234 citations

The Aequorea victoria Green Fluorescent Protein Can Be Used as a Reporter in Live Zebrafish Embryos

1995 • 222 citations

Expression of myogenin during embryogenesis is controlled by Six/ sine oculis homeoproteins through a conserved MEF3 binding site

1998 • 217 citations

Activation of different myogenic pathways: myf-5 is induced by the neural tube and MyoD by the dorsal ectoderm in mouse paraxial mesoderm

1996 • 212 citations

Positive and Negative Regulation of Muscle Cell Identity by Members of the hedgehog and TGF-β Gene Families

1997 • 196 citations

Embryonic activation of the myoD gene is regulated by a highly conserved distal control element

1995 • 173 citations

Muscle-specific expression of the troponin I gene requires interactions between helix-loop-helix muscle regulatory factors and ubiquitous transcription factors.

1991 • 171 citations

M-twist Is an Inhibitor of Muscle Differentiation

1994 • 169 citations

Overlapping functions of the myogenic bHLH genes MRF4 and MyoD revealed in double mutant mice

1998 • 166 citations

Hedgehog Signalling Is Required for Maintenance of myf5 and myoD Expression and Timely Terminal Differentiation in Zebrafish Adaxial Myogenesis

2001 • 144 citations

I-mf, a Novel Myogenic Repressor, Interacts with Members of the MyoD Family

1996 • 137 citations

Control of Muscle Cell-Type Specification in the Zebrafish Embryo by Hedgehog Signalling

1999 • 136 citations

Regulatory Elements that Control the Lineage-Specific Expression of myoD

1992 • 136 citations

A novel myoblast enhancer element mediates MyoD transcription.

1992 • 132 citations

Molecular cloning and embryonic expression of Xenopus Six homeobox genes

2001 • 125 citations

Myogenesis and developmental control genes

1990 • 121 citations

MyoD Meets Its Maker

1997 • 118 citations

The Regulation of MyoD Gene Expression: Conserved Elements Mediate Expression in Embryonic Axial Muscle

1995 • 110 citations

Three zebrafish MEF2 genes delineate somitic and cardiac muscle development in wild-type and mutant embryos

1996 • 84 citations

Molecular structure, dynamic expression, and promoter analysis of zebrafish (Danio rerio)myf-5 gene

2000 • 79 citations

Differential expression of two MyoD genes in fast and slow muscles of gilthead seabream ( Sparus aurata )

2002 • 78 citations

A gene with homology to myogenin is expressed in developing myotomal musculature of the rainbow trout and in vitro during the conversion of myosatellite cells to myotubes

1995 • 77 citations

A Combination of MEF3 and NFI Proteins Activates Transcription in a Subset of Fast-Twitch Muscles

1997 • 69 citations

Molecular Cloning and Developmental Expression Patterns of the Myod and Mef2 Families of Muscle Transcription Factors in the Carp

1998 • 66 citations

Fine-scale transgenic mapping of the MyoD core enhancer: MyoD is regulated by distinct but overlapping mechanisms in myotomal and non-myotomal muscle lineages

1999 • 63 citations

Differential expression of two nonallelic MyoD genes in developing and adult myotomal musculature of the trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss )

1999 • 62 citations

Zebrafish tiggy‐winkle hedgehog promoter directs notochord and floor plate green fluorescence protein expression in transgenic zebrafish embryos

2001 • 51 citations

Muscle determination: Another key player in myogenesis?

1997 • 43 citations

Identification of a muscle factor related to MyoD in a fish species

1994 • 43 citations

Characterization of Muscle-Regulatory Genes, Myf5 and Myogenin, from Striped Bass and Promoter Analysis of Muscle-Specific Expression

2002 • 30 citations

Gli2 mediation of Hedgehog signals in slow muscle induction in zebrafish

2001 • 30 citations

Muscle regulatory factor gene: zebrafish (Danio rerio) myogenin cDNA

2000 • 26 citations