The cis-regulatory system of the tbrain gene: Alternative use of multiple modules to promote skeletogenic expression in the sea urchin embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 428-441

  Wahl, Mary E ^a   Hahn, Julie ^b   Gora, Kasia ^c   Davidson, Eric H ^b   Oliveri, Paola ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cis Regulatory analysis; Gene regulatory network; Recombinant BAC; Skeletogenic micromere lineage; tbrain gene

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; TBRAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INTRON; MESENCHYME; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEA URCHIN;

ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENES, REGULATOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70350223480     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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