Cdx protein interaction with Hoxa5 regulatory sequences contributes to Hoxa5 regional expression along the axial skeleton

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1389-1401

  Tabariès, Sébastien ^a   Lapointe, Jérôme ^a   Besch, Terri ^b   Carter, Marcelle ^a   Woollard, John ^b   Tuggle, Christopher K ^b   Jeannotte, Lucie ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDX PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; HOXA5 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOX GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE AND BONES; DNA PRIMERS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIMB BUD; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MURINAE;

EID: 13444269203     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.4.1389-1401.2005     Document Type: Article

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