Multiple conserved regulatory domains promote Fezf2 expression in the developing cerebral cortex

Neural Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Eckler, Matthew J ^a   Larkin, Kathryn A ^a   McKenna, William L ^a   Katzman, Sol ^b   Guo, Chao ^a   Roque, Robin ^a   Visel, Axel ^c,d   Rubenstein, John L R ^e   Chen, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Enhancer; Fezf2; Gene regulation; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN FEZF2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; ZFP312 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SIGNALING ASSAY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYO; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 84899137594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-9-6     Document Type: Article

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