Two Pax2/5/8-binding sites in Engrailed2 are required for proper initiation of endogenous mid-hindbrain expression

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-165

  Li Song, Dong ^a,b   Joyner, Alexandra L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NYUSM 540 First Avenue ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Engrailed2; Mid hindbrain expression; Two Pax2 5 8

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; DANIO RERIO; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033987611     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00242-7     Document Type: Article

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