Developmental gene regulation in the era of genomics

Developmental Biology

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-239

  Zeitlinger, Julia ^a,b   Stark, Alexander ^c  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Development; Drosophila; Genetics; Genomics; Polycomb; RNA Pol II stalling

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DNA METABOLISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GROWTH REGULATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 76949094155     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.039     Document Type: Review

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