Analysis of vertebrate SCL loci identifies conserved enhancers

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-186

  Göttgens, Berthold ^a   Barton, Linda M ^a   Gilbert, James G R ^a   Bench, Anthony J ^a   Sanchez, Maria José ^a   Bahn, Sabine ^b   Mistry, Shailesh ^c   Grafham, Darren ^c   McMurray, Amanda ^c   Vaudin, Mark ^c   Amaya, Enrique ^d   Bentley, David R ^c   Green, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; SCL; Xenopus transgenics

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033972132     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72635     Document Type: Article

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