A novel long-range enhancer regulates postnatal expression of Zeb2: Implications for Mowat-Wilson syndrome phenotypes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 5429-5442

  El kasti, Muna M ^a,b   Wells, Timothy ^a   Carter, David A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HOMEOBOX; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOWAT WILSON SYNDROME; NERVE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSGENE; ZEB2 HOMEOBOX;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FACIES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICROCEPHALY; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, TRANSGENIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; UP-REGULATION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84870794209     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds389     Document Type: Article

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