A cis-Regulatory Signature in Ascidians and Flies, Independent of Transcription Factor Binding Sites

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 792-802

  Khoueiry, Pierre ^a   Rothbächer, Ute ^a   Ohtsuka, Yukio ^a   Daian, Fabrice ^a   Frangulian, Eric ^a   Roure, Agnès ^a   Dubchak, Inna ^b   Lemaire, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HUMANS; NEURONS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASCIDIACEA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METAZOA;

EID: 77953132064     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.063     Document Type: Article

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