Evf2 (Dlx6as) lncRNA regulates ultraconserved enhancer methylation and the differential transcriptional control of adjacent genes

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 4407-4416

  Berghoff, Emily G ^a   Clark, Mary F ^a   Chen, Sean ^a   Cajigas, Ivelisse ^a   Leib, David E ^a   Kohtz, Jhumku D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forebrain; MECP2; Mouse; Ultraconserved enhancer methylation

Indexed keywords

EVF2 PROTEIN; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPISTASIS; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

FOREBRAIN; MECP2; MOUSE; ULTRACONSERVED ENHANCER METHYLATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, LONG NONCODING; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 84885579222     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.099390     Document Type: Article

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