The identification and functional characterisation of conserved regulatory elements in developmental genes

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 332-350

  Dickmeis, Thomas ^a   Müller, Ferenc ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Comparative genomics; Evolution; Gene regulation; Phylogenetic footprinting; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; BINDING AFFINITY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES; DATABASES, GENETIC; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 16344369891     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/3.4.332     Document Type: Review

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