Functional characterization of tissue-specific enhancers in the DLX5/6 locus

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 4930-4938

  Birnbaum, Ramon Y ^a   Everman, David B ^b   Murphy, Karl K ^a   Gurrieri, Fiorella ^c   Schwartz, Charles E ^b   Ahituv, Nadav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7; ECTRODACTYLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC LOCI; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MUS;

EID: 84868126624     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds336     Document Type: Article

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