Dynamic evolution of precise regulatory encodings creates the clustered site signature of enhancers

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Crocker, Justin ^a,b   Potter, Nathan ^a   Erives, Albert ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MORPHOGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SUPPRESSOR OF HAIRLESS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DL (DORSAL) PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SUPPRESSOR OF HAIRLESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TWI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE; DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI; EGG; EMBRYO; GENOME; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROGENIC ECTODERM ENHANCER; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

GASTROPODA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84880306697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1102     Document Type: Article

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