Requirement of MADS Domain Transcription Factor D-MEF2 for Muscle Formation in Drosophila

Genetic Transformation of Drosophila with Transposable Element Vectors

1982 • 2,995 citations

DEVELOPMENT IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1927 • 2,909 citations

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

1993 • 1,062 citations

Functional activity of myogenic HLH proteins requires hetero-oligomerization with E12/E47-like proteins in vivo

1991 • 874 citations

The gene tinman is required for specification of the heart and visceral muscles in Drosophila

1993 • 790 citations

tinman and bagpipe: two homeo box genes that determine cell fates in the dorsal mesoderm of Drosophila.

1993 • 719 citations

bHLH factors in muscle development: dead lines and commitments, what to leave in and what to leave out.

1994 • 686 citations

A new myocyte-specific enhancer-binding factor that recognizes a conserved element associated with multiple muscle-specific genes.

1989 • 605 citations

Mef2 gene expression marks the cardiac and skeletal muscle lineages during mouse embryogenesis

1994 • 553 citations

Characterization and cloning of fasciclin III: A glycoprotein expressed on a subset of neurons and axon pathways in Drosophila

1987 • 545 citations

Human myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2 comprises a group of tissue-restricted MADS box transcription factors.

1992 • 491 citations

Human SRF-related proteins: DNA-binding properties and potential regulatory targets.

1991 • 446 citations

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

1993 • 419 citations

Homeotic genes of the bithorax complex repress limb development in the abdomen of the Drosophila embryo through the target gene Distal-less

1992 • 370 citations

apterous, a gene required for imaginal disc development in Drosophila encodes a member of the LIM family of developmental regulatory proteins.

1992 • 370 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

Making muscle in mammals

1992 • 292 citations

Myocyte enhancer factor (MEF) 2C: a tissue-restricted member of the MEF-2 family of transcription factors.

1993 • 267 citations

Myogenin induces the myocyte-specific enhancer binding factor MEF-2 independently of other muscle-specific gene products.

1991 • 264 citations

Separable Regulatory Elements Governing myogenin Transcription in Mouse Embryogenesis

1993 • 258 citations

Cytoplasmic myosin from Drosophila melanogaster.

1986 • 256 citations

Preferential transposition of Drosophila P elements to nearby chromosomal sites.

1993 • 253 citations

Expression of a MyoD family member prefigures muscle pattern in Drosophila embryos.

1990 • 243 citations

hMEF2C gene encodes skeletal muscle- and brain-specific transcription factors.

1993 • 234 citations

MEF2C, a MADS/MEF2-family transcription factor expressed in a laminar distribution in cerebral cortex.

1993 • 234 citations

apterous is a drosophila LIM domain gene required for the development of a subset of embryonic muscles

1992 • 227 citations

D-MEF2: a MADS box transcription factor expressed in differentiating mesoderm and muscle cell lineages during Drosophila embryogenesis.

1994 • 225 citations

A fourth human MEF2 transcription factor, hMEF2D, is an early marker of the myogenic lineage

1993 • 224 citations

Activation of the Myogenic Lineage by MEF2A, a Factor that Induces and Cooperates with MyoD

1994 • 223 citations

Two FGF-receptor homologues of Drosophila: one is expressed in mesodermal primordium in early embryos

1993 • 222 citations

A Mef2 gene that generates a muscle-specific isoform via alternative mRNA splicing.

1994 • 218 citations

A new Drosophila homeo box gene is expressed in mesodermal precursor cells of distinct muscles during embryogenesis.

1990 • 216 citations

D-mef2: a Drosophila mesoderm-specific MADS box-containing gene with a biphasic expression profile during embryogenesis.

1994 • 171 citations

Making muscle in mammals

1992 • 152 citations

The Drosophila homologue of vertebrate myogenic-determination genes encodes a transiently expressed nuclear protein marking primary myogenic cells.

1991 • 136 citations

"Site-selected" transposon mutagenesis of Drosophila.

1990 • 128 citations

Efficient and dispersed local P element transposition from Drosophila females.

1993 • 124 citations

Myogenesis and developmental control genes

1990 • 121 citations

Muscle-specific expression of SRF-related genes in the early embryo of Xenopus laevis.

1992 • 98 citations

Muscle basic helix-loop-helix proteins and the regulation of myogenesis

1992 • 69 citations

Binding of TFIID and MEF2 to the TATA element activates transcription of the Xenopus MyoDa promoter.

1994 • 66 citations

A genetic and molecular analysis of the 46C chromosomal region surrounding the FMRFamide neuropeptide gene in Drosophila melanogaster.

1994 • 28 citations