Comparative analysis of the mammalian WNT4 promoter

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 416-

  Yu, Hongshi ^a   Pask, Andrew J ^a   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CPG ISLANDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MACROPODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 70350449412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-416     Document Type: Article

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