Identification of an OCT4 and SRY regulatory module using integrated computational and experimental genomics approaches

Genome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 807-817

  Jin, Victor X ^a   O'Geen, Henriette ^a   Iyengar, Sushma ^a   Green, Roland ^b   Farnham, Peggy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Roche NimbleGen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARCINOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TESTIS CARCINOMA;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORGANOGENESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SOFTWARE; TESTIS;

EID: 34250369235     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6006107     Document Type: Article

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