Conserved expression of mouse Six1 in the pre-placodal region (PPR) and identification of an enhancer for the rostral PPR

Developmental Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-171

  Sato, Shigeru ^a   Ikeda, Keiko ^a   Shioi, Go ^b   Ochi, Haruki ^c   Ogino, Hajime ^c   Yajima, Hiroshi ^a   Kawakami, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Enhancer; Homeodomain; Sensory placode; Transgenic mouse; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRE PLACODAL REGION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955051063     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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