A reporter assay in lamprey embryos reveals both functional conservation and elaboration of vertebrate enhancers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Parker, Hugo J ^a,c   Sauka Spengler, Tatjana ^b,d   Bronner, Marianne ^b   Elgar, Greg ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HOX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LAMPREY; NONHUMAN; PETROMYZON; PHYLUM; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENICS; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDONUCLEASES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, REPORTER; GENOME; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LAMPREYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84897389631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085492     Document Type: Article

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