Identification of cis-regulatory elements from the C. elegans Hox gene lin-39 required for embryonic expression and for regulation by the transcription factors LIN-1, LIN-31 and LIN-39

Developmental Biology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 550-565

  Wagmaister, Javier A ^a   Miley, Ginger R ^b   Morris, Corey A ^c   Gleason, Julie E ^a   Miller, Leilani M ^c   Kornfeld, Kerry ^b   Eisenmann, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; ETS; Gene expression; Hox; lin 1; lin 31; lin 39; Ras; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA FRAGMENT; RAS PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HOX GENE; INTRON; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STEM CELL; VENTRAL ROOT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33748450887     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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