Conserved and non-conserved enhancers direct tissue specific transcription in ancient germ layer specific developmental control genes

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chatterjee, Sumantra ^a,b   Bourque, Guillaume ^a   Lufkin, Thomas ^a,b  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; NKX3.2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; OTX1 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; PAX9 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GERM LAYER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMICS; GERM LAYERS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-ALPHA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MORPHOLINOS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 80054109588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-63     Document Type: Article

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