Onset of atonal expression in Drosophila retinal progenitors involves redundant and synergistic contributions of Ey/Pax6 and So binding sites within two distant enhancers

Developmental Biology

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 152-164

  Zhou, Qingxiang ^a   Zhang, Tianyi ^a,b   Jemc, Jennifer C ^b,e   Chen, Yiyun ^c   Chen, Rui ^c   Rebay, Ilaria ^b   Pignoni, Francesca ^a,d  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atoh7; Eye specification; Math5; Neurogenesis; Proneural factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EYELESS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SINE OCULIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYELESS PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SINE OCULIS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATO GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA CELL; STEM CELL; VISUAL FIELD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATONAL GENE; ENHANCER REGION; RETINAL PROGENITOR CELL;

ATOH7; EYE SPECIFICATION; MATH5; NEUROGENESIS; PRONEURAL FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84892481265     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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