A far-upstream (-70 kb) enhancer mediates Sox9 auto-regulation in somatic tissues during development and adult regeneration

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4459-4469

  Mead, Timothy J ^a   Wang, Qiuqing ^a   Bhattaram, Pallavi ^a   Dy, Peter ^a   Afelik, Solomon ^a   Jensen, Jan ^a   Lefebvre, Véronique ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FETUS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GLUCAGON RELEASE; HISTOGENESIS; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOX9 GENE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; RATS; REGENERATION; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84877252837     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt140     Document Type: Article

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