Precise temporal control of the eye regulatory gene Pax6 via enhancer-binding site affinity

Genes and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 980-985

  Rowan, Sheldon ^a   Siggers, Trevor ^a   Lachke, Salil A ^a   Yue, Yingzi ^a   Bulyk, Martha L ^a,b   Maas, Richard L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding site affinity; Eye development; Gene regulation; Mathematical modeling; Protein binding microarray; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PREP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952352833     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1890410     Document Type: Article

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