CRX controls retinal expression of the X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (RS1) gene

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6523-6534

  Langmann, Thomas ^a   Lai, Christine C L ^a   Weigelt, Karin ^a   Tam, Beatrice M ^b   Warneke Wittstock, Regina ^a   Moritz, Orson L ^b   Weber, Bernhard H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CONE ROD HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5; HISTONE H3; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NEURAL RETINA LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR2E3; PROTEIN P300; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X LINK JUVENILE RETINOSCHISIS PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTAGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINOSCHISIS; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; DOGS; EYE PROTEINS; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; P300-CBP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 56649114571     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn737     Document Type: Article

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