UNSW Embryo- Development of the Musculoskeletal System. PubMed Selected Muscle Review List Back to Musculoskeletal Notes Page 1 | 2 Links: Page 2 Page 1 PubMed Link About PubMed "muscle/development/review/2yr" See selected abstracts: Black | Krempler See also selected Somitogenesis abstracts

Kaufmann U, et al.           [See Related Articles] M-cadherin and its sisters in development of striated muscle. Cell Tissue Res. 1999 Mar 29;296(1):191-198. [Record as supplied by publisher] PMID: 10199979. Paululat A, et al.           [See Related Articles] Determination and development of the larval muscle pattern in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Tissue Res. 1999 Mar 29;296(1):151-160. [Record as supplied by publisher] PMID: 10199975. Buscher D, et al.           [See Related Articles] Muscle development during vertebrate limb outgrowth. Cell Tissue Res. 1999 Mar 29;296(1):131-139. [Record as supplied by publisher] PMID: 10199973. Krempler A, et al.           [See Related Articles] Zinc finger proteins: watchdogs in muscle development. Mol Gen Genet. 1999 Mar;261(2):209-15. [MEDLINE record in process] PMID: 10102354; UI: 99200477. Abstract: The specificity of highly differentiated tissues is largely achieved through the action of cell- and stage-restricted transcription factors. The basic events in skeletal muscle development are triggered by a unique family of myogenic basic helix-loop-helix proteins - MyoD, Myf-5, myogenin and MRF-4. Binding sites for these factors are found in the promoter regions of many genes whose expression is restricted to muscle cells, but the tight regulation of gene expression is dependent on the interaction of different factors. In this respect zinc finger proteins seem to play an important role, not only in the establishment of muscle cells but also in the maintenance of muscle function. This review discusses several zinc finger proteins that have been characterized as regulators of muscle development and muscle-specific gene expression. Black BL, et al.           [See Related Articles] Transcriptional control of muscle development by myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) proteins. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 1998;14:167-96. Review. PMID: 9891782; UI: 99108931. Abstract: Metazoans contain multiple types of muscle cells that share several common properties, including contractility, excitability, and expression of overlapping sets of muscle structural genes that mediate these functions. Recent biochemical and genetic studies have demonstrated that members of the myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) family of MADS (MCM1, agamous, deficiens, serum response factor)-box transcription factors play multiple roles in muscle cells to control myogenesis and morphogenesis. Like other MADS-box proteins, MEF2 proteins act combinatorially through protein-protein interactions with other transcription factors to control specific sets of target genes. Genetic studies in Drosophila have also begun to reveal the upstream elements of myogenic regulatory hierarchies that control MEF2 expression during development of skeletal, cardiac, and visceral muscle lineages. Paradoxically, MEF2 factors also regulate cell proliferation by functioning as endpoints for a variety of growth factor-regulated intracellular signaling pathways that are antagonistic to muscle differentiation. We discuss the diverse functions of this family of transcription factors, the ways in which they are regulated, and their mechanisms of action.   Hughes SM.           [See Related Articles] Muscle development: electrical control of gene expression. Curr Biol. 1998 Dec 3;8(24):R892-4. Review. PMID: 9843678; UI: 99062031. Gullberg D, et al.           [See Related Articles] Integrins during muscle development and in muscular dystrophies. Front Biosci. 1998 Oct 15;3:D1039-50. Review. PMID: 9778539; UI: 98453576. Taylor MV.           [See Related Articles] Muscle development: a transcriptional pathway in myogenesis. Curr Biol. 1998 May 7;8(10):R356-8. Review. PMID: 9601637; UI: 98263943. Schwartz SM.           [See Related Articles] Smooth muscle migration in vascular development and pathogenesis. Transpl Immunol. 1997 Dec;5(4):255-60. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 9504144; UI: 98164902. Booth FW, et al.           [See Related Articles] Molecular events underlying skeletal muscle atrophy and the development of effective countermeasures. Int J Sports Med. 1997 Oct;18 Suppl 4:S265-9. Review. PMID: 9391829; UI: 98053317. Staron RS.           [See Related Articles] Human skeletal muscle fiber types: delineation, development, and distribution. Can J Appl Physiol. 1997 Aug;22(4):307-27. Review. PMID: 9263616; UI: 97409227. Sartore S, et al.           [See Related Articles] Myosin gene expression and cell phenotypes in vascular smooth muscle during development, in experimental models, and in vascular disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1997 Jul;17(7):1210-5. Review. PMID: 9261248; UI: 97404527.