Function of GATA factors in the adult mouse liver

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Zheng, Rena ^a,b   Rebolledo Jaramillo, Boris ^c   Zong, Yiwei ^d   Wang, Liqing ^b   Russo, Pierre ^b   Hancock, Wayne ^b   Stanger, Ben Z ^d   Hardison, Ross C ^e   Blobel, Gerd A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRIEND OF GATA COFACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMICS; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84893160977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083723     Document Type: Article

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