Intronic cis-regulatory modules mediate tissue-specific and microbial control of angptl4/fiaf transcription

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Camp, J Gray ^a   Jazwa, Amelia L ^a   Trent, Chad M ^a   Rawls, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN; ANGIOPOIETIN LIKE 4; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANGPTL4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ANGPTL4 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GNOTOBIOTICS; HIGH RESOLUTION FUNCTIONAL MAPPING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIVER; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TELEOST; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTRON; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

ANGIOPOIETINS; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTRONS; MAMMALS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84859227418     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002585     Document Type: Article

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