Identification of DVA Interneuron Regulatory Sequences in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Puckett Robinson, Carmie ^a,b   Schwarz, Erich M ^a   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRENNERI; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DVA INTERNEURON; ENHANCER REGION; FAX 1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTERNEURON; INTRON; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NMR 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSGENE; TWK 16 GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873857993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054971     Document Type: Article

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