Identification of presomitic mesoderm (PSM)-specific Mesp1 enhancer and generation of a PSM-specific Mesp1/Mesp2-null mouse using BAC-based rescue technology

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 125, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 432-440

  Oginuma, Masayuki ^a   Hirata, Tatsumi ^a,b   Saga, Yumiko ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Red recombinase; Bacterial artificial chromosome; Enhancer analysis; Mesoderm formation; Somitogenesis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MESP1; PROTEIN MESP2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRESOMITIC MESODERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 41949130690     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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