The C. elegans Twist target gene, arg-1, is regulated by distinct E box promoter elements

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 377-389

  Zhao, Jie ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Corsi, Ann K ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

arg 1; bHLH; C. elegans; DSL homolog; E box; E DA; hlh 2; hlh 8; Mesoderm; Twist

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DIMER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARG 1 GENE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; E BOX ELEMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA INTERFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 33947654427     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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