Determination of left/right asymmetric expression of nodal by a left side-specific enhancer with sequence similarity to a lefty-2 enhancer

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1589-1600

  Adachi, Hitoshi ^a   Saijoh, Yukio ^a   Mochida, Kyoko ^a   Ohishi, Sachiko ^a   Hashiguchi, Hiromi ^a   Hirao, Akiko ^a   Hamada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Left right asymmetry; Lefty; Nodal; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033564195     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.12.1589     Document Type: Article

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