Caudal-related homeobox (Cdx) protein-dependent integration of canonical Wnt signaling on Paired-box 3 (Pax3) neural crest enhancer

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 16623-16635

  Sanchez Ferras, Oraly ^a   Coutaud, Baptiste ^a   Samani, Taraneh Djavanbakht ^a   Tremblay, Isabelle ^a   Souchkova, Ouliana ^a   Pilon, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL WNT SIGNALING; CATENIN SIGNALING; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CO-TRANSFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NEURAL CRESTS; NEURAL FUNCTIONS; P19 CELLS; RETINOIC ACIDS; TRANSGENICS;

ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GENES;

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CDX GENE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL CREST; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

MURINAE;

EID: 84860850893     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.356394     Document Type: Article

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