CRX ChIP-seq reveals the cis-regulatory architecture of mouse photoreceptors

Genome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1512-1525

  Corbo, Joseph C ^a   Lawrence, Karen A ^a   Karlstetter, Marcus ^b   Myers, Connie A ^a   Abdelaziz, Musa ^a   Dirkes, William ^a   Weigelt, Karin ^c   Seifert, Martin ^d   Benes, Vladimir ^e   Fritsche, Lars G ^b   Weber, Bernhard H F ^b   Langmann, Thomas ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute of Human Genetics   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Genomatix GmbH   (Germany)

^e EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CONE ROD HOMEOBOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RETINA CONE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956394013     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.109405.110     Document Type: Article

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