Regulation of Six1 expression by evolutionarily conserved enhancers in tetrapods

Developmental Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-108

  Sato, Shigeru ^a   Ikeda, Keiko ^a   Shioi, Go ^b   Nakao, Kazuki ^b   Yajima, Hiroshi ^a   Kawakami, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branchio oto renal syndrome; Genome; Pre placodal region; Sensory organs; Transcription regulation; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIX1 GENE; TETRAPOD;

MUS; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862762973     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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