Topology of mammalian developmental enhancers and their regulatory landscapes

Nature

Volumn 502, Issue 7472, 2013, Pages 499-506

  De Laat, Wouter ^a   Duboule, Denis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY SHAPE; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MAMMAL; TOPOLOGY;

BODY BUILD; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84886853624     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12753     Document Type: Review

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