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XB-ART-45006
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2012 May 01;695:324-35. doi: 10.1002/cm.21029.
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Developmental expression and cardiac transcriptional regulation of Myh7b, a third myosin heavy chain in the vertebrate heart.

Warkman AS , Whitman SA , Miller MK , Garriock RJ , Schwach CM , Gregorio CC , Krieg PA .


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The mammalian heart expresses two myosin heavy chain (MYH) genes (Myh6 and Myh7), which are major components of the thick filaments of the sarcomere. We have determined that a third MYH, MYH7B, is also expressed in the myocardium. Developmental analysis shows Myh7b expression in cardiac and skeletal muscle of Xenopus, chick and mouse embryos, and in smooth muscle tissues during later stages of mouse embryogenesis. Myh7b is also expressed in the adult human heart. The promoter region of the Myh7b gene shows remarkable similarity between diverse species, suggesting that transcriptional control mechanisms have been conserved. Using luciferase reporter analysis in rat cardiomyocytes, it can be shown that MEF2, GATA, and E-box regulatory elements are essential for efficient expression of the Myh7b gene. In addition two conserved elements that do not correspond to consensus binding sites for known transcription factors are also essential for full transcriptional activity of the Myh7b reporter. Finally, the Myh7b gene shows a transcriptional response similar to Myh6 in response to cardiac hypertrophy.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: myh15 myh6 myh7 myh7b


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Aigner, In situ hybridization of slow myosin heavy chain mRNA in normal and transforming rabbit muscles with the use of a nonradioactively labeled cRNA. 1990, Pubmed