Evx2-Hoxd13 intergenic region restricts enhancer association to Hoxd13 promoter

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Yamagishi, Takumi ^a   Ozawa, Michiru ^a   Ohtsuka, Chiho ^a   Ohyama Goto, Ritsuko ^a   Kondo, Takashi ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN EVX2; PROTEIN HOXD13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EVX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXD13 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; INSULATOR ELEMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, INTERGENIC; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 41849133934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000175     Document Type: Article

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