Invertebrate myogenesis: Looking back to the future of muscle development Journal Article
| Authors: | Baylies, M. K.; Michelson, A. M. |
| Article Title: | Invertebrate myogenesis: Looking back to the future of muscle development |
| Abstract: | Recent studies in invertebrates have provided important mechanistic insights into several general aspects of muscle development. Two new genes have been identified that are involved in muscle fusion in Drosophila and a novel maternal component was shown to be responsible for myogenic determination in an ascidian. In addition, genetic analyses of nematode and Drosophila homologues of factors known to be myogenic regulators in other species yielded surprising findings about both the evolutionary conservation and divergence of these functions. Drosophila myogenesis has become a highly informative model for understanding the interplay between the signaling and transcriptional networks that underlie cell-fate specification during embryonic development. |
| Keywords: | dna-binding proteins; review; nonhuman; genetic analysis; protein domain; animals; gene expression; transcription factor; drosophila; embryo development; transcription factors; nuclear proteins; intracellular signaling peptides and proteins; carrier proteins; species difference; caenorhabditis elegans; drosophila melanogaster; sequence homology; drosophila proteins; genetic conservation; cell fusion; myod protein; muscles; tissue specificity; muscle development; nematode; caenorhabditis elegans proteins; egg proteins; twist transcription factor; ascidiacea; muscle fibers; urochordata; invertebrate; myogenic regulatory factors; humans; priority journal; invertebrates |
| Journal Title: | Current Opinion in Genetics and Development |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 0959-437X |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2001-08-01 |
| Start Page: | 431 |
| End Page: | 439 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0959-437x(00)00214-8 |
| PUBMED: | 11448630 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 21 May 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
