Autoregulation and multiple enhancers control Math1 expression in the developing nervous system

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1185-1196

  Helms, Amy W ^a   Abney, Andrew L ^a   Ben Arie, Nissim ^b   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^c   Johnson, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH; Cerebellum; Ear; EGL; Merkel cell; Neural development; Sensory epithelium; Transcription factor; Whisker vibrissae

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUTOREGULATION; CEREBELLUM; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034029614     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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