title: Muscle development. Making Drosophila muscle.
abstract: Analysis of flies with mutations in the gene encoding the D-mef2 transcription factor identifies it as a controller of differentiation in multiple muscle cell types; it is the first such gene to be described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D017344:Genes, Insect; D064326:MEF2 Transcription Factors; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*; D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D064326:MEF2 Transcription Factors; C499409:Mef2 protein, Drosophila; D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors