Fine tuning of RFX/DAF-19-regulated target gene expression through binding to multiple sites in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-64

  Chu, Jeffery S C ^a   Tarailo Graovac, Maja ^a   Zhang, Di ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Uyar, Bora ^a,b   Tu, Domena ^a   Trinh, Joanne ^a   Baillie, David L ^a   Chen, Nansheng ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CIHR/MSFHR Bioinformatics Training Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAF 19; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATORY FACTOR X; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CILIARY GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; F25B4.2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X BOX MOTIF;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOMICS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84855253931     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr690     Document Type: Article

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