Xenopus embryos contain a somite-specific, MyoD-like protein that binds to a promoter site required for muscle actin expression.

Single-step purification of polypeptides expressed in Escherichia coli as fusions with glutathione S-transferase

1988 • 6,107 citations

Normal Table of Xenopus Laevis (Daudin)

1958 • 4,561 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

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

1989 • 1,876 citations

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

1989 • 984 citations

Differences and Similarities in DNA-Binding Preferences of MyoD and E2A Protein Complexes Revealed by Binding Site Selection

1990 • 957 citations

MyoD is a sequence-specific DNA binding protein requiring a region of myc homology to bind to the muscle creatine kinase enhancer

1989 • 861 citations

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

1990 • 794 citations

[25] In vitro RNA synthesis with SP6 RNA polymerase

1987 • 732 citations

A new homeobox gene contributes the DNA binding domain of the t(1;19) translocation protein in pre-B all

1990 • 726 citations

Expression of two myogenic regulatory factors myogenin and MyoDl during mouse embryogenesis

1989 • 662 citations

[4] Preparation and use of nuclease-treated rabbit reticulocyte lysates for the translation of eukaryotic messenger RNA

1983 • 547 citations

Myf-6, a new member of the human gene family of myogenic determination factors: evidence for a gene cluster on chromosome 12.

1990 • 508 citations

Upstream regions of the human cardiac actin gene that modulate its transcription in muscle cells: presence of an evolutionarily conserved repeated motif.

1986 • 432 citations

MyoD expression in the forming somites is an early response to mesoderm induction in Xenopus embryos.

1989 • 374 citations

Cell type-specific activation of actin genes in the early amphibian embryo

1984 • 354 citations

A Xenopus mRNA related to Drosophila twist is expressed in response to induction in the mesoderm and the neural crest

1989 • 339 citations

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

1990 • 334 citations

Transcripts of α-cardiac and α-skeletal actins are early markers for myogenesis in the mouse embryo

1988 • 330 citations

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

1989 • 326 citations

A fetal skeletal muscle actin mRNA in the mouse and its identity with cardiac actin mRNA

1982 • 295 citations

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

1990 • 294 citations

Two adjacent MyoD1-binding sites regulate expression of the acetylcholine receptor α-subunit gene

1990 • 261 citations

Activation of muscle-specific actin genes in xenopus development by an induction between animal and vegetal cells of a blastula

1985 • 238 citations

Determination of the dorsal-ventral axis in eggs of Xenopus laevis: Complete rescue of uv-impaired eggs by oblique orientation before first cleavage

1980 • 226 citations

Fibroblast Growth Factor and Transforming Growth Factor β Repress Transcription of the Myogenic Regulatory Gene MyoD1

1989 • 212 citations

Xenopus Myf-5 marks early muscle cells and can activate muscle genes ectopically in early embryos

1991 • 166 citations

Multiple 5'-flanking regions of the human alpha-skeletal actin gene synergistically modulate muscle-specific expression.

1987 • 150 citations

Mesoderm formation in the anuranXenopus laevis (Daudin)

1971 • 148 citations

Upstream sequences required for tissue-specific activation of the cardiac actin gene in Xenopus laevis embryos.

1986 • 144 citations

The CArG promoter sequence is necessary for muscle-specific transcription of the cardiac actin gene in Xenopus embryos.

1989 • 140 citations

Cross-Binding of Factors to Functionally Different Promoter Elements in c-fos and Skeletal Actin Genes

1989 • 135 citations

Activation of muscle genes without myogenesis by ectopic expression of MyoD in frog embryo cells

1990 • 120 citations

A highly conserved enhancer downstream of the human MLC1/3 locus is a target for multiple myogenic determination factors

1990 • 96 citations

Muscle-specific (CArG) and serum-responsive (SRE) promoter elements are functionally interchangeable in Xenopus embryos and mouse fibroblasts

1989 • 93 citations

The Xenopus MyoD gene: an unlocalised maternal mRNA predates lineage- restricted expression in the early embryo

1990 • 85 citations

Expression of genes encoding the transcription factor SRF during early development of Xenopus laevis: identification of a CArG box-binding activity as SRF.

1991 • 84 citations

Tissue-specific expression of actin genes injected into Xenopus embryos

1986 • 80 citations

Identification of Two Nuclear Factor-Binding Domains on the Chicken Cardiac Actin Promoter: Implications for Regulation of the Gene

1989 • 31 citations

A family of muscle gene promoter element (CArG) binding activities in Xenopus embryos: CArG/SRE discrimination and distribution during myogenesis

1991 • 23 citations