Expression of Hoxa2 in rhombomere 4 is regulated by a conserved cross-regulatory mechanism dependent upon Hoxb1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 646-660

  Tümpel, Stefan ^a   Cambronero, Francisco ^a   Ferretti, Elisabetta ^b   Blasi, Francesco ^b   Wiedemann, Leanne M ^a,c   Krumlauf, Robb ^a,c  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cis elements; Cross regulation; Enhancer; Gene regulation; Hindbrain segmentation; Hoxa2; Hoxb1; Regulatory network; Rhombomere; Vertebrate development

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOX GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846842383     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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