A BMP-4-dependent transcriptional control element in the 5′ flanking region of Xenopus SCL gene

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 310, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1160-1167

  Sanada, Takahito ^a   Park, Mae Ja ^b   Araki, Ai ^a   Gotoh, Masanori ^a   Izutsu, Yumi ^a   Maéno, Mitsugu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Frog; GATA; Genome; Neural tissue; SCL

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIRD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA ISOLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; LEUKEMIA; MAMMAL; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0141996330     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.09.135     Document Type: Article

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