The cis-regulatory dynamics of the Drosophila CNS determinant castor are controlled by multiple sub-pattern enhancers

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 12, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 261-272

  Kuzin, Alexander ^a   Kundu, Mukta ^a   Ross, Jermaine ^a   Koizumi, Keita ^a,b   Brody, Thomas ^a   Odenwald, Ward F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Castor gene regulation; cis Regulatory DNA; DNA sequence conservation; Drosophila CNS development; Sub pattern enhancers

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CAS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84863731917     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: 18727298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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