title: Pitx2 is an upstream activator of extraocular myogenesis and survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Zacharias
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewandoski
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rudnicki
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gage
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002470:Cell Survival; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D024510:Muscle Development / Q000502:physiology*; D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000196:embryology*; D051763:PAX7 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000097577:Homeobox Protein PITX2
chemical_list: D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D018006:Myogenic Regulatory Factors; D051763:PAX7 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000097577:Homeobox Protein PITX2; C497322:Pax7 protein, mouse