A Phox2- and Hand2-dependent Hand1 cis-regulatory element reveals a unique gene dosage requirement for Hand2 during sympathetic neurogenesis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2110-2120

  Vincentz, Joshua W ^a   vanDusen, Nathan J ^a   Fleming, Andrew B ^a   Rubart, Michael ^a   Firulli, Beth A ^a   Howard, Marthe J ^b   Firulli, Anthony B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAND1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAND2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHOX2B; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84856992247     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3584-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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