Conserved sequence block clustering and flanking inter-cluster flexibility delineate enhancers that regulate nerfin-1 expression during Drosophila CNS development

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-72

  Kuzin, Alexander ^a   Kundu, Mukta ^a   Ekatomatis, Antonios ^a   Brody, Thomas ^a   Odenwald, Ward F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Embryonic expression; Enhancers; EvoPrinter; Larval expression; Nerfin 1; Nervous system development; phylogenetic footprinting; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NERFIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; INSECT GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENE;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 58149250062     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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