Transcription of MyoD and myogenin in the non-contractile electrogenic cells of the weakly electric fish, Sternopygus macrurus

Expression of a single transfected cDNA converts fibroblasts to myoblasts

Robert L. Davis, Harold Weintraub, Andrew B. Lassar · Cell · 1987 · 3.4K citations

Regenerative Medicine, Fibrosis, Developmental Biology +6

MyoD or Myf-5 is required for the formation of skeletal muscle

Michael A. Rudnicki, Patrick N.J. Schnegelsberg, R. H. Stead et al. · Cell · 1993 · 1.7K citations

Mechanobiology, Muscle Function, Developmental Biology +12

A calcineurin-dependent transcriptional pathway controls skeletal muscle fiber type

Eva R. Chin, Eric N. Olson, James A. Richardson et al. · Genes & Development · 1998 · 998 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Transcriptional Regulation, Muscle Function +13

Activation of muscle-specific genes in pigment, nerve, fat, liver, and fibroblast cell lines by forced expression of MyoD.

H Weintraub, Stephen J. Tapscott, Robert L. Davis et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1989 · 996 citations · Full text

Muscle Function, Molecular Regulation, Cytoskeleton +21

Myogenin gene disruption results in perinatal lethality because of severe muscle defect

Yoko Nabeshima, Kazunori Hanaoka, Michiko Hayasaka et al. · Nature · 1993 · 960 citations

Muscle Function, Developmental Biology, Muscle Injury +10