Transactivation in Drosophila of human enhancers by human transcription factors involved in Congenital Heart Diseases

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 190-199

  Amodio, Vincenzo ^a   Tevy, Maria Florencia ^a,c   Traina, Concetta ^a   Ghosh, Tushar Kanti ^b   Capovilla, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital Heart Disease; Drosophila; Heart; Transcription factor; UAS GAL4

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA 6; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; EYE; FORELIMB; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; TRANSACTIVATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; ORGANOGENESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 83655201323     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22763     Document Type: Article

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