Putative intestine-specific enhancers located in 5′ sequence of the CDX1 gene regulate CDX1 expression in the intestine

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 5 49-5, 2004, Pages

  Rankin, Erinn B ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Silberg, Debra G ^a   Suh, EunRan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeobox protein; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH MUSCLE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 1942519754     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00326.2003     Document Type: Article

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