Early endodermal expression of the Xenopus Endodermin gene is driven by regulatory sequences containing essential Sox protein-binding elements

Differentiation

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 171-184

  Ahmed, Nadeem ^a   Howard, Laura ^a   Woodland, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoderm; Endodermin; Promoter; Sox17; Transgenic; Xenopus; Xsox17

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDODERMIN PROTEIN, XENOPUS; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XSOX17 ALPHA PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XSOX17-ALPHA PROTEIN, XENOPUS;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 16644362211     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2004.07204005.x     Document Type: Article

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