Science 3 February 1995: Vol. 267. no. 5198, pp. 688 - 693 DOI: 10.1126/science.7839146

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A Molecular Mechanism of Temperature Sensitivity for Mutations Affecting the Drosophila Muscle Regulator Myocyte Enhancer Factor-2.

T. L. Lovato, M. M. Adams, P. W. Baker, and R. M. Cripps (2009)
Genetics 183, 107-117
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Direct Interaction between Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2 (MEF2) and Protein Phosphatase 1{alpha} Represses MEF2-Dependent Gene Expression.

R. L. S. Perry, C. Yang, N. Soora, J. Salma, M. Marback, L. Naghibi, H. Ilyas, J. Chan, J. W. Gordon, and J. C. McDermott (2009)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 29, 3355-3366
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Crossveinless and the TGF{beta} pathway regulate fiber number in the Drosophila adult jump muscle.

M. S. Jaramillo, C. V. Lovato, E. M. Baca, and R. M. Cripps (2009)
Development 136, 1105-1113
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The Drosophila homolog of vertebrate Islet1 is a key component in early cardiogenesis.

T. Mann, R. Bodmer, and P. Pandur (2009)
Development 136, 317-326
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Alternative Requirements for Vestigial, Scalloped, and Dmef2 during Muscle Differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster.

H. Deng, S. C. Hughes, J. B. Bell, and A. J. Simmonds (2009)
Mol. Biol. Cell 20, 256-269
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Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2 and Chorion Factor 2 Collaborate in Activation of the Myogenic Program in Drosophila.

K. K. K. Tanaka, A. L. Bryantsev, and R. M. Cripps (2008)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 28, 1616-1629
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Differentiation-dependent lysine 4 acetylation enhances MEF2C binding to DNA in skeletal muscle cells.

C. Angelelli, A. Magli, D. Ferrari, M. Ganassi, V. Matafora, F. Parise, G. Razzini, A. Bachi, S. Ferrari, and S. Molinari (2008)
Nucleic Acids Res. 36, 915-928
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mef2 activity levels differentially affect gene expression during Drosophila muscle development.

S. J. Elgar, J. Han, and M. V. Taylor (2008)
PNAS 105, 918-923
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Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Sarcomere Integrity and Postnatal Muscle Function by Mef2c.

M. J. Potthoff, M. A. Arnold, J. McAnally, J. A. Richardson, R. Bassel-Duby, and E. N. Olson (2007)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 27, 8143-8151
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MEF2: a central regulator of diverse developmental programs.

M. J. Potthoff and E. N. Olson (2007)
Development 134, 4131-4140
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Mef2s are required for thick filament formation in nascent muscle fibres.

Y. Hinits and S. M. Hughes (2007)
Development 134, 2511-2519
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Requirement of the LIM Homeodomain Transcription Factor Tailup for Normal Heart and Hematopoietic Organ Formation in Drosophila melanogaster.

Y. Tao, J. Wang, T. Tokusumi, K. Gajewski, and R. A. Schulz (2007)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 27, 3962-3969
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Regulation of HDAC9 Gene Expression by MEF2 Establishes a Negative-Feedback Loop in the Transcriptional Circuitry of Muscle Differentiation.

M. Haberland, M. A. Arnold, J. McAnally, D. Phan, Y. Kim, and E. N. Olson (2007)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 27, 518-525
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MyoD, modularity, and myogenesis: conservation of regulators and redundancy in C. elegans.

L. R. Baugh and C. P. Hunter (2006)
Genes & Dev. 20, 3342-3346
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Disruption of MEF2 activity in cardiomyoblasts inhibits cardiomyogenesis.

C. Karamboulas, G. D. Dakubo, J. Liu, Y. De Repentigny, K. Yutzey, V. A. Wallace, R. Kothary, and I. S. Skerjanc (2006)
J. Cell Sci. 119, 4315-4321
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Cardioblast-intrinsic Tinman activity controls proper diversification and differentiation of myocardial cells in Drosophila.

S. Zaffran, I. Reim, L. Qian, P. C. Lo, R. Bodmer, and M. Frasch (2006)
Development 133, 4073-4083
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A Drosophila model of the rhabdomyosarcoma initiator PAX7-FKHR.

R. L. Galindo, J. A. Allport, and E. N. Olson (2006)
PNAS 103, 13439-13444
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Lateral positioning at the dorsal midline: Slit and Roundabout receptors guide Drosophila heart cell migration.

E. Santiago-Martinez, N. H. Soplop, and S. G. Kramer (2006)
PNAS 103, 12441-12446
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Myospryn Is a Direct Transcriptional Target for MEF2A That Encodes a Striated Muscle, {alpha}-Actinin-interacting, Costamere-localized Protein.

J. T. Durham, O. M. Brand, M. Arnold, J. G. Reynolds, L. Muthukumar, H. Weiler, J. A. Richardson, and F. J. Naya (2006)
J. Biol. Chem. 281, 6841-6849
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Mapping Dmef2-binding regulatory modules by using a ChIP-enriched in silico targets approach.

G. Junion, T. Jagla, S. Duplant, R. Tapin, J.-P. Da Ponte, and K. Jagla (2005)
PNAS 102, 18479-18484
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Centronuclear myopathy in mice lacking a novel muscle-specific protein kinase transcriptionally regulated by MEF2.

O. Nakagawa, M. Arnold, M. Nakagawa, H. Hamada, J. M. Shelton, H. Kusano, T. M. Harris, G. Childs, K. P. Campbell, J. A. Richardson, et al. (2005)
Genes & Dev. 19, 2066-2077
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Adult Myogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster Can Proceed Independently of Myocyte Enhancer Factor-2.

P. W. Baker, K. K. K. Tanaka, N. Klitgord, and R. M. Cripps (2005)
Genetics 170, 1747-1759
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A positive feedback loop between Dumbfounded and Rolling pebbles leads to myotube enlargement in Drosophila.

S. D. Menon, Z. Osman, K. Chenchill, and W. Chia (2005)
J. Cell Biol. 169, 909-920
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BOP, a regulator of right ventricular heart development, is a direct transcriptional target of MEF2C in the developing heart.

D. Phan, T. L. Rasmussen, O. Nakagawa, J. McAnally, P. D. Gottlieb, P. W. Tucker, J. A. Richardson, R. Bassel-Duby, and E. N. Olson (2005)
Development 132, 2669-2678
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Expression, Regulation, and Requirement of the Toll Transmembrane Protein during Dorsal Vessel Formation in Drosophila melanogaster.

J. Wang, Y. Tao, I. Reim, K. Gajewski, M. Frasch, and R. A. Schulz (2005)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 25, 4200-4210
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Identification of Direct Serum-response Factor Gene Targets during Me2SO-induced P19 Cardiac Cell Differentiation.

S. X. Zhang, E. Garcia-Gras, D. R. Wycuff, S. J. Marriot, N. Kadeer, W. Yu, E. N. Olson, D. J. Garry, M. S. Parmacek, and R. J. Schwartz (2005)
J. Biol. Chem. 280, 19115-19126
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Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2 Acetylation by p300 Enhances Its DNA Binding Activity, Transcriptional Activity, and Myogenic Differentiation.

K. Ma, J. K. L. Chan, G. Zhu, and Z. Wu (2005)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 25, 3575-3582
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PC4 Coactivates MyoD by Relieving the Histone Deacetylase 4-Mediated Inhibition of Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2C.

L. Micheli, L. Leonardi, F. Conti, P. Buanne, N. Canu, M. Caruso, and F. Tirone (2005)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 25, 2242-2259
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Epsin potentiates Notch pathway activity in Drosophila and C. elegans.

X. Tian, D. Hansen, T. Schedl, and J. B. Skeath (2004)
Development 131, 5807-5815
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A myocardin-related transcription factor regulates activity of serum response factor in Drosophila.

Z. Han, X. Li, J. Wu, and E. N. Olson (2004)
PNAS 101, 12567-12572
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Mef2c is a direct transcriptional target of ISL1 and GATA factors in the anterior heart field during mouse embryonic development.

E. Dodou, M. P. Verzi, J. P. Anderson, S.-M. Xu, and B. L. Black (2004)
Development 131, 3931-3942
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Mcm1 Promotes Replication Initiation by Binding Specific Elements at Replication Origins.

V. K. Chang, J. J. Donato, C. S. Chan, and B. K. Tye (2004)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 24, 6514-6524
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HRC Is a Direct Transcriptional Target of MEF2 during Cardiac, Skeletal, and Arterial Smooth Muscle Development In Vivo.

J. P. Anderson, E. Dodou, A. B. Heidt, S. J. De Val, E. J. Jaehnig, S. B. Greene, E. N. Olson, and B. L. Black (2004)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 24, 3757-3768
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pyramus and thisbe: FGF genes that pattern the mesoderm of Drosophila embryos.

A. Stathopoulos, B. Tam, M. Ronshaugen, M. Frasch, and M. Levine (2004)
Genes & Dev. 18, 687-699
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Transcription of Drosophila Troponin I Gene Is Regulated by Two Conserved, Functionally Identical, Synergistic Elements.

M.-C. Marin, J.-R. Rodriguez, and A. Ferrus (2004)
Mol. Biol. Cell 15, 1185-1196
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Sizing up the heart: development redux in disease.

E. N. Olson and M. D. Schneider (2003)
Genes & Dev. 17, 1937-1956
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Evolutionary genomics of inversions in Drosophila pseudoobscura: Evidence for epistasis.

S. W. Schaeffer, M. P. Goetting-Minesky, M. Kovacevic, J. R. Peoples, J. L. Graybill, J. M. Miller, K. Kim, J. G. Nelson, and W. W. Anderson (2003)
PNAS 100, 8319-8324
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Mcm7, a Subunit of the Presumptive MCM Helicase, Modulates Its Own Expression in Conjunction with Mcm1.

M. J. Fitch, J. J. Donato, and B. K. Tye (2003)
J. Biol. Chem. 278, 25408-25416
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pannier and pointedP2 act sequentially to regulate Drosophila heart development.

A. D. Alvarez, W. Shi, B. A. Wilson, and J. B. Skeath (2003)
Development 130, 3015-3026
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Gata factor Pannier is required to establish competence for heart progenitor formation.

S. L. Klinedinst and R. Bodmer (2003)
Development 130, 3027-3038
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Myogenic cells fates are antagonized by Notch only in asymmetric lineages of the Drosophila heart, with or without cell division.

Z. Han and R. Bodmer (2003)
Development 130, 3039-3051
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Sply regulation of sphingolipid signaling molecules is essential for Drosophila development.

D. R. Herr, H. Fyrst, V. Phan, K. Heinecke, R. Georges, G. L. Harris, and J. D. Saba (2003)
Development 130, 2443-2453
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Drosophila paramyosin is important for myoblast fusion and essential for myofibril formation.

H. Liu, M. Mardahl-Dumesnil, S. T. Sweeney, C. J. O'Kane, and S. I. Bernstein (2003)
J. Cell Biol. 160, 899-908
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The Hox gene abdominal-A specifies heart cell fate in the Drosophila dorsal vessel.

T. L. Lovato, T. P. Nguyen, M. R. Molina, and R. M. Cripps (2002)
Development 129, 5019-5027
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Molecular Mechanisms of Chamber-specific Myocardial Gene Expression: Transgenic Analysis of the ANF Promoter.

E.M. SMALL and P.A. KRIEG (2002)
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 67, 71-80
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myoblasts incompetent encodes a zinc finger transcription factor required to specify fusion-competent myoblasts in Drosophila.

M. Ruiz-Gomez, N. Coutts, M. L. Suster, M. Landgraf, and M. Bate (2002)
Development 129, 133-141
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rolling pebbles (rols) is required in Drosophila muscle precursors for recruitment of myoblasts for fusion.

A. Rau, D. Buttgereit, A. Holz, R. Fetter, S. K. Doberstein, A. Paululat, N. Staudt, J. Skeath, A. M. Michelson, and R. Renkawitz-Pohl (2001)
Development 128, 5061-5073
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Mechanism for Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of Histone Deacetylase 7.

H.-Y. Kao, A. Verdel, C.-C. Tsai, C. Simon, H. Juguilon, and S. Khochbin (2001)
J. Biol. Chem. 276, 47496-47507
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Drosophila Lame duck, a novel member of the Gli superfamily, acts as a key regulator of myogenesis by controlling fusion-competent myoblast development.

H. Duan, J. B. Skeath, and H. T. Nguyen (2001)
Development 128, 4489-4500
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The Mef2c gene is a direct transcriptional target of myogenic bHLH and MEF2 proteins during skeletal muscle development.

D.-Z. Wang, M. R. Valdez, J. McAnally, J. Richardson, and E. N. Olson (2001)
Development 128, 4623-4633
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Nkx2-5 Activity Is Essential for Cardiomyogenesis.

M. Jamali, P. J. Rogerson, S. Wilton, and I. S. Skerjanc (2001)
J. Biol. Chem. 276, 42252-42258
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Characterization of Drosophila hibris, a gene related to human nephrin.

H. A. Dworak, M. A. Charles, L. B. Pellerano, and H. Sink (2001)
Development 128, 4265-4276
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Differential localization of HDAC4 orchestrates muscle differentiation.

E. A. Miska, E. Langley, D. Wolf, C. Karlsson, J. Pines, and T. Kouzarides (2001)
Nucleic Acids Res. 29, 3439-3447
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Switching Repulsion to Attraction: Changing Responses to Slit During Transition in Mesoderm Migration.

S. G. Kramer, T. Kidd, J. H. Simpson, and C. S. Goodman (2001)
Science 292, 737-740
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Spatially restricted activity of a Drosophila lipid phosphatase guides migrating germ cells.

M Starz-Gaiano, N. Cho, A Forbes, and R Lehmann (2001)
Development 128, 983-991
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Drosophila SNS, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that is essential for myoblast fusion.

B. A. Bour, M. Chakravarti, J. M. West, and S. M. Abmayr (2000)
Genes & Dev. 14, 1498-1511
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The localized assembly of extracellular matrix integrin ligands requires cell-cell contact.

M. Martin-Bermudo and N. Brown (2000)
J. Cell Sci. 113, 3715-3723
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Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2C and Myogenin Up-regulate Each Other's Expression and Induce the Development of Skeletal Muscle in P19 Cells.

A. G. Ridgeway, S. Wilton, and I. S. Skerjanc (2000)
J. Biol. Chem. 275, 41-46
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Induction and differentiation of the zebrafish heart requires fibroblast growth factor 8 (fgf8/acerebellar).

F Reifers, E. Walsh, S Leger, D. Stainier, and M Brand (2000)
Development 127, 225-235
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Independent Repressor Domains in ZEB Regulate Muscle and T-Cell Differentiation.

A. A. Postigo and D. C. Dean (1999)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 19, 7961-7971
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Oogenic function of the myogenic factor D-MEF2: Negative regulation of the Decapentaplegic receptor gene thick veins.

E. Y. Mantrova, R. A. Schulz, and T. Hsu (1999)
PNAS 96, 11889-11894
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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Induce Cardiomyocyte Differentiation through the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase TAK1 and Cardiac Transcription Factors Csx/Nkx-2.5 and GATA-4.

K. Monzen, I. Shiojima, Y. Hiroi, S. Kudoh, T. Oka, E. Takimoto, D. Hayashi, T. Hosoda, A. Habara-Ohkubo, T. Nakaoka, et al. (1999)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 19, 7096-7105
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zfh-1, the Drosophila Homologue of ZEB, Is a Transcriptional Repressor That Regulates Somatic Myogenesis.

A. A. Postigo, E. Ward, J. B. Skeath, and D. C. Dean (1999)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 19, 7255-7263
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Genes regulating dendritic outgrowth, branching, and routing in Drosophila.

F.-B. Gao, J. E. Brenman, L. Y. Jan, and Y. N. Jan (1999)
Genes & Dev. 13, 2549-2561
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Muscle LIM Proteins Are Associated with Muscle Sarcomeres and Require dMEF2 for Their Expression during Drosophila Myogenesis.

B. E. Stronach, P. J. Renfranz, B. Lilly, and M. C. Beckerle (1999)
Mol. Biol. Cell 10, 2329-2342
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Activated Notch Inhibits Myogenic Activity of the MADS-Box Transcription Factor Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2C.

J. Wilson-Rawls, J. D. Molkentin, B. L. Black, and E. N. Olson (1999)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 19, 2853-2862
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p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pathway Promotes Skeletal Muscle Differentiation. PARTICIPATION OF THE MEF2C TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR.

A. Zetser, E. Gredinger, and E. Bengal (1999)
J. Biol. Chem. 274, 5193-5200
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Targeted disruption of gene function in Drosophila by RNA interference (RNA-i): A role for nautilus in embryonic somatic muscle formation.

L. Misquitta and B. M. Paterson (1999)
PNAS 96, 1451-1456
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Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Gene Expression during Human Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation Is Independent of NF-kappa B Activation.

J. Lavie, F. Dandre, H. Louis, J.-M. D. Lamaziere, and J. Bonnet (1999)
J. Biol. Chem. 274, 2308-2314
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p21CIP1 and p57KIP2 control muscle differentiation at the myogenin step.

P. Zhang, C. Wong, D. Liu, M. Finegold, J. W. Harper, and S. J. Elledge (1999)
Genes & Dev. 13, 213-224
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The zinc finger proteins Pannier and GATA4 function as cardiogenic factors in Drosophila.

K Gajewski, N Fossett, J. Molkentin, and R. Schulz (1999)
Development 126, 5679-5688
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Functions for Drosophila brachyenteron and forkhead in mesoderm specification and cell signalling.

T Kusch and R Reuter (1999)
Development 126, 3991-4003
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The Drosophila homeobox genes zfh-1 and even-skipped are required for cardiac-specific differentiation of a numb-dependent lineage decision.

M. Su, M Fujioka, T Goto, and R Bodmer (1999)
Development 126, 3241-3251
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A role for serum response factor in coronary smooth muscle differentiation from proepicardial cells.

T. Landerholm, X. Dong, J Lu, N. Belaguli, R. Schwartz, and M. Majesky (1999)
Development 126, 2053-2062
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Regulation of the MEF2 Family of Transcription Factors by p38.

M. Zhao, L. New, V. V. Kravchenko, Y. Kato, H. Gram, F. di Padova, E. N. Olson, R. J. Ulevitch, and J. Han (1999)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 19, 21-30
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Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2C and Nkx2-5 Up-regulate Each Other's Expression and Initiate Cardiomyogenesis in P19 Cells.

I. S. Skerjanc, H. Petropoulos, A. G. Ridgeway, and S. Wilton (1998)
J. Biol. Chem. 273, 34904-34910
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Transcriptional Regulation of Smooth Muscle Contractile Apparatus Expression.

J. SOLWAY, S. M. FORSYTHE, A. J. HALAYKO, J. E. VIEIRA, M. B. HERSHENSON, and B. CAMORETTI-MERCADO (1998)
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 158, S100-S108
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Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Promoter Analysis of the Mouse Crp2/SmLim Gene. PREFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF ITS PROMOTER IN THE VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS OF TRANSGENIC MICE.

S.-F. Yet, S. C. Folta, M. K. Jain, C.-M. Hsieh, K. Maemura, M. D. Layne, D. Zhang, P. B. Marria, M. Yoshizumi, M. T. Chin, et al. (1998)
J. Biol. Chem. 273, 10530-10537
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The Rho Family G Proteins Play a Critical Role in Muscle Differentiation.

H. Takano, I. Komuro, T. Oka, I. Shiojima, Y. Hiroi, T. Mizuno, and Y. Yazaki (1998)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 18, 1580-1589
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The myogenic regulatory gene Mef2 is a direct target for transcriptional activation by Twist during Drosophila myogenesis.

R. M. Cripps, B. L. Black, B. Zhao, C.-L. Lien, R. A. Schulz, and E. N. Olson (1998)
Genes & Dev. 12, 422-434
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MEF2B Is a Component of a Smooth Muscle-specific Complex That Binds an A/T-rich Element Important for Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chain Gene Expression.

Y. Katoh, J. D. Molkentin, V. Dave, E. N. Olson, and M. Periasamy (1998)
J. Biol. Chem. 273, 1511-1518
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Heartbroken is a specific downstream mediator of FGF receptor signalling in Drosophila.

A. Michelson, S Gisselbrecht, E Buff, and J. Skeath (1998)
Development 125, 4379-4389
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Requirement of the MADS-box transcription factor MEF2C for vascular development.

Q Lin, J Lu, H Yanagisawa, R Webb, G. Lyons, J. Richardson, and E. Olson (1998)
Development 125, 4565-4574
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Divergent roles for NK-2 class homeobox genes in cardiogenesis in flies and mice.

G Ranganayakulu, D. Elliott, R. Harvey, and E. Olson (1998)
Development 125, 3037-3048
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Signalling by the Drosophila epidermal growth factor receptor is required for the specification and diversification of embryonic muscle progenitors.

E Buff, A Carmena, S Gisselbrecht, F Jimenez, and A. Michelson (1998)
Development 125, 2075-2086
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Multiple Roles for the MyoD Basic Region in Transmission of Transcriptional Activation Signals and Interaction with MEF2.

B. L. Black, J. D. Molkentin, and E. N. Olson (1998)
Mol. Cell. Biol. 18, 69-77
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A Dominant-Negative Form of Transcription Factor MEF2 Inhibits Myogenesis.

O. I. Ornatsky, J. J. Andreucci, and J. C. McDermott (1997)
J. Biol. Chem. 272, 33271-33278
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Elements Regulating Cardiomyocyte Expression of the Human Sarcomeric Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase Gene in Transgenic Mice.

W. Qin, Z. Khuchua, S. C. Klein, and A. W. Strauss (1997)
J. Biol. Chem. 272, 25210-25216
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The Mesodermal Expression of rolling stone (rost) Is Essential for Myoblast Fusion in Drosophila and Encodes a Potential Transmembrane Protein.

A. Paululat, A. Goubeaud, C. Damm, S. Knirr, S. Burchard, and R. Renkawitz-Pohl (1997)
J. Cell Biol. 138, 337-348
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Twist-mediated Activation of the NK-4 Homeobox Gene in the Visceral Mesoderm of Drosophila Requires Two Distinct Clusters of E-box Regulatory Elements.

Y. M. Lee, T. Park, R. A. Schulz, and Y. Kim (1997)
J. Biol. Chem. 272, 17531-17541
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Identification of a Novel Marker for Primordial Smooth Muscle and Its Differential Expression Pattern in Contractile vs Noncontractile Cells.

J. E. Hungerford, J. P. Hoeffler, C. W. Bowers, L. M. Dahm, R. Falchetto, J. Shabanowitz, D. F. Hunt, and C. D. Little (1997)
J. Cell Biol. 137, 925-937
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Fashioning the vertebrate heart: earliest embryonic decisions.

M. Fishman and K. Chien (1997)
Development 124, 2099-2117
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The single MyoD family gene of Ciona intestinalis encodes two differentially expressed proteins: implications for the evolution of chordate muscle gene regulation.

T. Meedel, S. Farmer, and J. Lee (1997)
Development 124, 1711-1721
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CARP, a cardiac ankyrin repeat protein, is downstream in the Nkx2-5 homeobox gene pathway.

Y Zou, S Evans, J Chen, H. Kuo, R. Harvey, and K. Chien (1997)
Development 124, 793-804
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The Specification of Muscle in Drosophila.

M.K. Baylies, M. Bate, and M. Ruiz Gomez (1997)
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 62, 385-393
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A Transcriptional Pathway for Cardiac Development.

Q. Lin, D. Srivastava, and E.N. Olson (1997)
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 62, 405-411
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heartless encodes a fibroblast growth factor receptor (DFR1/DFGF-R2) involved in the directional migration of early mesodermal cells in the Drosophila embryo..

S Gisselbrecht, J B Skeath, C Q Doe, and A M Michelson (1996)
Genes & Dev. 10, 3003-3017
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