An Ebox element in the proximal GATA4 promoter is required for GATA4 expression in vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Boulende Sab, Alain ^a,b   Bouchard, Marie France ^b   Béland, Mélanie ^a   Prud'homme, Bruno ^b   Souchkova, Ouliana ^a   Viger, Robert S ^b   Pilon, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOX ELEMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREPUBERTY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; EXONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GATA4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; INTRONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 83255164062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029038     Document Type: Article

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