Murine Hoxd4 expression in the CNS requires multiple elements including a retinoic acid response element

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-89

  Zhang, Feng ^a,b   Nagy Kovács, Erzsébet ^a   Featherstone, Mark S ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gene regulation; Hoxd4; Pattern formation; Regulatory element; Retinoic acid; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RETINOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; ECTODERM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EMBRYO; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE DELETION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL CREST; NEURONS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0343526374     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00377-4     Document Type: Article

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