Transcriptional activation domain of the muscle-specific gene-regulatory protein myf5

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

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

1989 • 1,286 citations

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

1989 • 984 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

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

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

Identification of MRF4: a new member of the muscle regulatory factor gene family.

1989 • 779 citations

Cell-Specific Expression of the Rat Insulin Gene: Evidence for Role of Two Distinct 5′ Flanking Elements

1985 • 698 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

Positive autoregulation of the myogenic determination gene MyoD1

1989 • 492 citations

Herculin, a fourth member of the MyoD family of myogenic regulatory genes.

1990 • 482 citations

Two Distinct Transcription Factors that Bind the Immunoglobulin Enhancer μE5/κE2 Motif

1990 • 478 citations

The yeast UASG is a transcriptional enhancer in human hela cells in the presence of the GAL4 trans-activator

1988 • 362 citations

Differential expression of myogenic determination genes in muscle cells: possible autoactivation by the Myf gene products.

1989 • 349 citations

CHARACTERIZATION OF A UNIQUE MUSCLE CELL LINE

1974 • 343 citations

Myogenin resides in the nucleus and acquires high affinity for a conserved enhancer element on heterodimerization.

1990 • 278 citations

A muscle-specific enhancer is located at the 3' end of the myosin light-chain 1/3 gene locus.

1988 • 212 citations

Translation of mRNA injected into Xenopus oocytes is specifically inhibited by antisense RNA.

1985 • 204 citations

Promoter upstream elements of the chicken cardiac myosin light-chain 2-A gene interact with trans-acting regulatory factors for muscle-specific transcription.

1989 • 76 citations