Comparison of diverged Hoxc8 early enhancer activities reveals modification of regulatory interactions at conserved cis-acting elements

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 308, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-249

  Shashikant, Cooduvalli S ^a   Bolanowsky, Stacey A ^a   Anand, Sanjay ^b   Anderson, Shawn M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXC8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MESODERM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUFFER FISH; REPORTER GENE; SOMITE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE; SOMITES; TAKIFUGU; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; TAKIFUGU; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34249793674     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21143     Document Type: Article

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