Rostral hindbrain patterning involves the direct activation of a Krox20 transcriptional enhancer by Hox/Pbx and Meis factors

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3369-3378

  Wassef, Michel A ^a,b   Chomette, Diane ^a,b   Pouilhe, Marie ^a,b   Stedman, Aline ^c,d   Havis, Emmanuelle ^c,d   Dinh, Carole Desmarquet Trin ^a,b   Schneider Maunoury, Sylvie ^c,d   Gilardi Hebenstreit, Pascale ^a,b   Charnay, Patrick ^a,b   Ghislain, Julien ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c Université René Descartes   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Hindbrain segmentation; Pattern formation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KROX20; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXB1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 2; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 58149265838     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.023614     Document Type: Article

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