Computational identification and functional validation of regulatory motifs in cartilage-expressed genes

Genome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1438-1447

  Davies, Sherri R ^a   Chang, Li Wei ^b   Patra, Debabrata ^a   Xing, Xiaoyun ^a   Posey, Karen ^c   Hecht, Jacqueline ^c,d   Stormo, Gary D ^a,b   Sandell, Linda J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROGENESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; CHONDROGENESIS; COLLAGEN TYPE II; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34948825002     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6224007     Document Type: Article

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