Hox genes regulation in vertebrates

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-58

  Soshnikova, Natalia ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Biology GGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster; Collinearity; Higher order chromatin structure; LncRNA; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CIS REGULATORY ELEMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOX GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

CLUSTER; COLLINEARITY; HIGHER-ORDER CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; LNCRNA; POLYCOMB;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84890859664     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24014     Document Type: Review

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