Regulation of muscle transcription by the MyoD family. The heart of the matter.

A novel genetic system to detect protein–protein interactions

1989 • 6,022 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

The myoD Gene Family: Nodal Point During Specification of the Muscle Cell Lineage

1991 • 1,564 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

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

MHox: a mesodermally restricted homeodomain protein that binds an essential site in the muscle creatine kinase enhancer

1992 • 290 citations

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

1991 • 264 citations

A conserved CATTCCT motif is required for skeletal muscle-specific activity of the cardiac troponin T gene promoter.

1988 • 183 citations

A MyoD1-independent muscle-specific enhancer controls the expression of the beta-myosin heavy chain gene in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells.

1991 • 175 citations

Molecular Characterization of Helix-Loop-Helix Peptides

1992 • 166 citations

Mutagenesis of the myogenin basic region identifies an ancient protein motif critical for activation of myogenesis.

1991 • 159 citations

A ubiquitous factor (HF-1a) and a distinct muscle factor (HF-1b/MEF-2) form an E-box-independent pathway for cardiac muscle gene expression.

1992 • 123 citations

Characterization of a promoter element required for transcription in myocardial cells.

1991 • 109 citations

Myocardial activation of the human cardiac alpha-actin promoter by helix-loop-helix proteins.

1992 • 96 citations

Body-Wall Muscle Formation in Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos that Lack the MyoD Homolog hlh-1

1992 • 95 citations

Skeletal muscle phenotypes initiated by ectopic MyoD in transgenic mouse heart

1992 • 81 citations

Heterodimers of myogenic helix-loop-helix regulatory factors and E12 bind a complex element governing myogenic induction of the avian cardiac alpha-actin promoter.

1991 • 74 citations

The structure and regulation of expression of the murine fast skeletal troponin C gene. Identification of a developmentally regulated, muscle-specific transcriptional enhancer.

1990 • 67 citations

B-cell- and myocyte-specific E2-box-binding factors contain E12/E47-like subunits.

1991 • 64 citations

Cardiac growth factors

1991 • 64 citations

Positive and negative control of the skeletal alpha-actin promoter in cardiac muscle. A proximal serum response element is sufficient for induction by basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) but not for inhibition by acidic FGF.

1992 • 60 citations

Analysis of the oligomerization of myogenin and E2A products in vivo using a two-hybrid assay system.

1992 • 17 citations