Characterization of the regulatory region of the zebrafish Prep1.1 gene: Analogies to the promoter of the human PREP1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Bernardi, Elisa ^a   Deflorian, Gianluca ^a   Pezzinenti, Federica ^a   Diaz, Victor M ^b   Mione, Marina ^a   Blasi, Francesco ^a,b  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PBX REGULATING PROTEIN 1; PBX REGULATING PROTEIN 1.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PKNOX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PREP1.1 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 78650965795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015047     Document Type: Article

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