Regulation of retinal homeobox gene transcription by cooperative activity among cis-elements

Gene

Volumn 467, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 13-24

  Martinez de Luna, Reyna I ^a,d   Moose, Holly E ^a,b   Kelly, Lisa E ^c   Nekkalapudi, Srivamsi ^c   El Hodiri, Heithem M ^a,b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Promoter; Rax; Retina; Retinal anterior homeobox; Retinal homeobox; Rx; Transcription; Transgene; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; EYE PROTEIN; RX1 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA; RETINAL HOMEOBOX GENE; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RETINA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 77956885103     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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