Identification of a conserved 125 base-pair Hb9 enhancer that specifies gene expression to spinal motor neurons

Developmental Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 474-485

  Nakano, Takahiro ^a   Windrem, Martha ^b   Zappavigna, Vincenzo ^c   Goldman, Steven A ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor neurons; Promoters; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; HOMEOBOX 9 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN PBX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PUFFER FISH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 22144446344     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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