Subtle Changes in Motif Positioning Cause Tissue-Specific Effects on Robustness of an Enhancer's Activity

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Erceg, Jelena ^a   Saunders, Timothy E ^a   Girardot, Charles ^a   Devos, Damien P ^a,b   Hufnagel, Lars ^a   Furlong, Eileen E M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIS REGULATORY MODULE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT GENOME; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VISCERAL MESODERM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HUMANS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84896713460     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004060     Document Type: Article

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