A FOXA1-binding enhancer regulates Hoxb13 expression in the prostate gland

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-103

  McMullin, Ryan P ^a   Dobi, Albert ^b   Mutton, Laura N ^a   Orosz, András ^a,d   Maheshwari, Shilpi ^b   Shashikant, Cooduvalli S ^c   Bieberich, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen independent; Forkhead; Homeobox; Prostate specific; Recombineering

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN 13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RECTUM; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-ALPHA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSTATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 76249108098     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902001107     Document Type: Article

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