A novel conserved evx1 enhancer links spinal interneuron morphology and cis-regulation from fish to mammals

Developmental Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 422-433

  Suster, Maximiliano L ^a,b   Kania, Artur ^c,d   Liao, Meijiang ^a   Asakawa, Kazuhide ^b   Charron, Frederic ^c,d   Kawakami, Koichi ^b,e   Drapeau, Pierre ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chick; Cis regulation; Enhancer; evx1; Mouse; Pufferfish; Rat; Spinal cord; V0 interneuron; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EVX1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; INTERNEURON; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUFFER FISH; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TRANSGENE; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149186547     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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