Direct transcriptional regulation of Six6 is controlled by SoxB1 binding to a remote forebrain enhancer

Developmental Biology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 393-403

  Lee, Bumwhee ^a   Rizzoti, Karine ^b   Kwon, David S ^a   Kim, Seon Young ^c   Oh, Sangtaek ^d   Epstein, Douglas J ^e   Son, Youngsook ^a   Yoon, Jaeseung ^a   Baek, Kwanghee ^a   Jeong, Yongsu ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^d Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forebrain; Gene expression; Six6; SoxB1

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIX6 GENE; SOX2 GENE; SOX3 GENE; SOXB1 GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861225458     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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