Autoregulatory binding sites in the zebrafish six3a promoter region define a new recognition sequence for Six3 proteins

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1761-1775

  Suh, Clotilde S ^a   Ellingsen, Staale ^a   Austbø, Lars ^a   Zhao, Xiao Feng ^a   Seo, Hee Chan ^a   Fjose, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Eye development; Homeobox; Transcription factor; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; VALIDATION STUDY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DNA; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORYZIAS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77949591624     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07599.x     Document Type: Article

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