Transient activation of Meox1 is an early component of the gene regulatory network downstream of Hoxa2

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1301-1308

  Kirilenko, Pavel ^a   He, Guiyuan ^a   Mankoo, Baljinder S ^b   Mallo, Moises ^c   Jones, Richard ^d,e   Bobola, Nicoletta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRANCHIAL REGION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952268277     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00705-10     Document Type: Article

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