RNA-Seq defines novel genes, RNA processing patterns and enhancer maps for the early stages of nephrogenesis: Hox supergenes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-17

  Brunskill, Eric W ^a   Steven Potter, S ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap mesenchyme; Hox genes; Induction; Kidney development; Renal vesicle; RNA Seq

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOX GENE; HOXA GENE; HOXB GENE; HOXC GENE; HOXD GENE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862771965     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.05.030     Document Type: Article

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