Flexibility of transcription factor target site position in conserved cis-regulatory modules

Developmental Biology

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-135

  Cameron, R Andrew ^a   Davidson, Eric H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene regulatory networks; Lytechinus variegatus; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SMAD PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HESC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CIS REGULATORY MODULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; INTRON; LYTECHINUS; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

LYTECHINUS; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 70350622577     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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