Strategies for characterising cis-regulatory elements in Xenopus

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-68

  Khokha, Mustafa K ^a,b   Loots, Gabriela G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis regulatory elements; Comparative genomics; Evolutionary conserved elements; Non coding DNA; Transcriptional regulation; Xenopus transgenics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYCLIN D1; DNA; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; NOGGIN; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; METAZOON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SOFTWARE; TRANSGENES; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

METAZOA; MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 19444383005     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/4.1.58     Document Type: Review

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