A phylogenetically conserved cis-regulatory module in the Msx2 promoter is sufficient for BMP-dependent transcription in murine and Drosophila embryos

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 5153-5165

  Brugger, Sean M ^a   Merrill, Amy E ^a   Torres Vazquez, Jesus ^b   Wu, Nancy ^a   Ting, Man Chun ^a   Cho, Jane Y M ^b   Dobias, Sonia L ^a   Yi, Soyun E ^c   Lyons, Karen ^c   Bell, Jeffrey R ^d   Arora, Kavita ^b   Warrior, Rahul ^b   Maxson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Evolution; Homeodomain; Msx2; Smad; Transcription; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8444245525     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01390     Document Type: Article

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