Characterization of enhancers active in the mouse embryonic cerebral cortex suggests Sox/Pou cis-regulatory logics and heterogeneity of cortical progenitors

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2822-2834

  Bery, Amandine ^a   Martynoga, Ben ^b   Guillemot, François ^b   Joly, Jean Stéphane ^a   Rétaux, Sylvie ^a  

^a Hindbrain Integrative Neurobiology Laboratory   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ChIP Seq; cis regulation; electroporation; Pou; Sox

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; EOMESODERMIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU3F2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU3F3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CADHERIN; EOMES PROTEIN, MOUSE; HISTONE; NERVE PROTEIN; R-CADHERIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; MUTAGENESIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CADHERINS; CELL LINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; PREGNANCY; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 84890801772     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht126     Document Type: Article

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