A combinatorial regulatory signature controls terminal differentiation of the dopaminergic nervous system in C. elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1391-1405

  Doitsidou, Maria ^a,b,c   Flames, Nuria ^a,d   Topalidou, Irini ^e,f   Abe, Namiko ^a   Felton, Terry ^a   Remesal, Laura ^a,d   Popovitchenko, Tatiana ^a,b,c   Mann, Richard ^a   Chalfie, Martin ^e   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis regulatory motif; Differentiation; Dopamine; Elegans; Homeodomain; Neuron

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HOMEODOMAIN INTERACTING PROTEIN KINASE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMEOSTASIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CIS-REGULATORY MOTIF; DIFFERENTIATION; DOPAMINE; ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN; NEURON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84879168270     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.217224.113     Document Type: Article

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