Conserved non-coding elements and cis regulation: Actions speak louder than words

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1385-1395

  Nelson, Andrew C ^a,b   Wardle, Fiona C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chip; Cis regulation; Conserved non coding elements; Enhancer assay; Phylotypic stage

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL POPULATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84875082455     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.084459     Document Type: Review

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