The in vivo dissection of direct RFX-target gene promoters in C. elegans reveals a novel cis-regulatory element, the C-box

Developmental Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 415-426

  Burghoorn, Jan ^a,b   Piasecki, Brian P ^a,c   Crona, Filip ^a,d   Phirke, Prasad ^a   Jeppsson, Kristian E ^a   Swoboda, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Landgoed Ekenstein   (Netherlands)

^c LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cilia; Ciliated sensory neurons; Cis regulatory motifs; Regulatory Factor X transcription factors

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RFX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BBS 5 GENE; C BOX; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CILIARY GENE; CIS REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; CYTOSINE RICH SEQUENCE; DAF 19 GENE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IFT 20 GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; MKS 3 GENE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; THYMIDINE RICH SEQUENCE; X BOX PROMOTER MOTIF;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84864073761     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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