An SNP in an ultraconserved regulatory element affects Dlx5/Dlx6 regulation in the forebrain

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3089-3097

  Poitras, Luc ^a   Yu, Man ^a   Lesage Pelletier, Cindy ^a   MacDonald, Ryan B ^a   Gagné, Jean Philippe ^b   Hatch, Gary ^a   Kelly, Isabelle ^c   Hamilton, Steven P ^d   Rubenstein, John L R ^d   Poirier, Guy G ^b,c   Ekker, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Enhancer; Mouse; Polymorphism; Telencephalon; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DLX5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DLX6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MIGRATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FOREBRAIN; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MOVEMENT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956601621     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.051052     Document Type: Article

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