Hoxb-2 transcriptional activation in rhombomeres 3 and 5 requires an evolutionarily conserved cis-acting element in addition to the Krox-20 binding site

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5383-5396

  Vesque, Christine ^a   Maconochie, Mark ^b   Nonchev, Stefan ^b   Ariza McNaughton, Linda ^b   Kuroiwa, Atushi ^c   Charnay, Patrick ^a   Krumlauf, Robb ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolutionary conservation; Hindbrain segmentation; Hoxb 2; Krox 20; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VERTEBRATE;

GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029833515     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00922.x     Document Type: Article

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