Comparative transgenic analysis of enhancers from the human SHOX and mouse Shox2 genomic regions

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Rosin, Jessica M ^a   Abassah Oppong, Samuel ^a   Cobb, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVED NONCODING ELEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DYSCHONDROSTEOSIS; ENHANCER REGION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LIMB; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHOX GENE; SHOX2 GENE; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; EMBRYOLOGY;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SHOX PROTEIN, HUMAN; SHOX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84880307852     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt163     Document Type: Article

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