DNasei hypersensitivity and ultraconservation reveal novel, interdependent long-range enhancers at the complex Pax6 cis-regulatory region

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  McBride, David J ^a,b   Buckle, Adam ^a   van Heyningen, Veronica ^a   Kleinjan, Dirk A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; EYE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAX6 GENE; REPORTER GENE; RETROPOSON; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855261984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028616     Document Type: Article

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