Functional analysis of conserved sequences within a temporally restricted neural precursor cell enhancer

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 165-177

  Kuzin, Alexander ^a   Kundu, Mukta ^a   Brody, Thomas ^a   Odenwald, Ward F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis Regulatory enhancers; DNA sequence conservation; Drosophila CNS development; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

E BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERFIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; E-BOX ELEMENTS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENES, REPORTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 79952899931     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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