Cis-regulatory characterization of sequence conservation surrounding the Hox4 genes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-282

  Punnamoottil, Beena ^a,b,c   Herrmann, Carl ^d   Pascual Anaya, Juan ^e   D'Aniello, Salvatore ^e   Garcia Fernàndez, Jordi ^e   Akalin, Altuna ^b,f   Becker, Thomas S ^b,c   Rinkwitz, Silke ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Sars International Center   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Aix Marseille university   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Cis regulation; Cluster; CNE; GFP; Hox; Sequence conservation; Transgenesis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA4A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXB4A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXC4A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXD4A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIOXUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHARK; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELEOST; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; DANIO RERIO; HETERODONTIDAE; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77951207271     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.01.035     Document Type: Article

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