A cluster of non-redundant Ngn1 binding sites is required for regulation of deltaA expression in zebrafish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 350, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 198-207

  Madelaine, Romain ^a   Blader, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ascl1; Cis regulatory module (CRM); DeltaA; E box; Ngn1; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

NEUROGENIN 1; PROTEIN DELTAA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78651255783     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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