Functional conservation of a forebrain enhancer from the elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii ) in zebrafish and mice

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  MacDonald, Ryan B ^a   Debiais Thibaud, Mélanie ^a   Martin, Kyle ^a,c   Poitras, Luc ^a   Tay, Boon Hui ^b   Venkatesh, Byrappa ^b   Ekker, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CYPRINID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT; SHARK;

CALLORHINCHUS MILII; CHONDRICHTHYES; DANIO RERIO; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); MUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHARK; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHARKS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77952610902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-157     Document Type: Article

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