Use of a Drosophila genome-wide conserved sequence database to identify functionally related cis-regulatory enhancers

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 169-189

  Brody, Thomas ^a   Yavatkar, Amarendra S ^b   Kuzin, Alexander ^a   Kundu, Mukta ^a   Tyson, Leonard J ^b   Ross, Jermaine ^a   Lin, Tzu Yang ^c   Lee, Chi Hon ^c   Awasaki, Takeshi ^d   Lee, Tzumin ^d   Odenwald, Ward F ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cis regulatory enhancers; Conserved sequence clusters (CSCs); Drosophila melanogaster

Indexed keywords

CAS 6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; HOX PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PALINDROMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INSECT GENOME; MALE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE DATABASE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TRANSGENES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 83655163843     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22728     Document Type: Article

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