Modifying transcript lengths of cycling mouse segmentation genes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 129, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 61-72

  Stauber, Michael ^a,b   Laclef, Christine ^a,c   Vezzaro, Annalisa ^a   Page, Mahalia E ^a,d   Ish Horowicz, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mouse genetics; Oscillators; Pattern formation; Segmentation; Timing; Transcriptional elongation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HES7 GENE; INTRON; LFNG GENE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMITES;

MUS;

EID: 84861339210     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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