Predictive screening for regulators of conserved functional gene modules (gene batteries) in mammals

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Nelander, Sven ^a   Larsson, Erik ^a   Kristiansson, Erik ^b   Månsson, Robert ^c   Nerman, Olle ^b   Sigvardsson, Mikael ^c   Mostad, Petter ^b   Lindahl, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RFX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTERNET; KIDNEY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 25444503796     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-68     Document Type: Article

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