Positive control mutations in the MyoD basic region fail to show cooperative DNA binding and transcriptional activation in vitro.

Accurate transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II in a soluble extract from isolated mammalian nuclei

1983 • 11,902 citations

Expression of a single transfected cDNA converts fibroblasts to myoblasts

1987 • 3,373 citations

A new DNA binding and dimerization motif in immunoglobulin enhancer binding, daughterless, MyoD, and myc proteins

1989 • 2,706 citations

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

1990 • 2,273 citations

Interactions between heterologous helix-loop-helix proteins generate complexes that bind specifically to a common DNA sequence

1989 • 1,876 citations

Myogenin, a factor regulating myogenesis, has a domain homologous to MyoD

1989 • 1,286 citations

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

1993 • 1,062 citations

A novel human muscle factor related to but distinct from MyoD1 induces myogenic conversion in 10T1/2 fibroblasts.

1989 • 919 citations

A gene with homology to the myc similarity region of MyoD1 is expressed during myogenesis and is sufficient to activate the muscle differentiation program.

1989 • 863 citations

MyoD1: A Nuclear Phosphoprotein Requiring a Myc Homology Region to Convert Fibroblasts to Myoblasts

1988 • 839 citations

The MyoD DNA binding domain contains a recognition code for muscle-specific gene activation

1990 • 794 citations

MyoD family: a paradigm for development?

1990 • 776 citations

Factors involved in specific transcription by human RNA polymerase II: analysis by a rapid and quantitative in vitro assay.

1985 • 575 citations

Factors involved in specific transcription in mammalian RNA polymerase II. Functional analysis of initiation factors IIA and IID and identification of a new factor operating at sequences downstream of the initiation site.

1987 • 355 citations

Muscle-specific transcriptional activation by MyoD.

1991 • 347 citations

Muscle-specific expression of the cardiac alpha-actin gene requires MyoD1, CArG-box binding factor, and Sp1.

1990 • 334 citations

The nonphosphorylated form of RNA polymerase II preferentially associates with the preinitiation complex.

1991 • 319 citations

Mutations that disrupt DNA binding and dimer formation in the E47 helix-loop-helix protein map to distinct domains.

1990 • 316 citations

MyoD binds cooperatively to two sites in a target enhancer sequence: occupancy of two sites is required for activation.

1990 • 294 citations

Cloning of a human gene encoding the general transcription initiation factor IIB

1991 • 274 citations

Factors involved in specific transcription by mammalian RNA polymerase II. Identification and characterization of factor IIH.

1992 • 230 citations

Structure and functional properties of human general transcription factor IIE

1991 • 194 citations

Acquisition of myogenic specificity by replacement of three amino acid residues from MyoD into E12

1992 • 147 citations

The basic region of myogenin cooperates with two transcription activation domains to induce muscle-specific transcription.

1992 • 110 citations

Co-operativity of functional domains in the muscle-specific transcription factor Myf-5.

1992 • 48 citations

The Basic Region of Myogenin Cooperates with Two Transcription Activation Domains To Induce Muscle-Specific Transcription

1992 • 31 citations