A Gli silencer is required for robust repression of gremlin in the vertebrate limb bud

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1906-1914

  Li, Qiang ^a   Lewandowski, Jordan P ^a   Powell, Marian B ^a   Norrie, Jacqueline L ^a   Cho, Seung Hee ^a   Vokes, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Gli; Gremlin; Limb development; Mouse; Silencer; Sonic Hedgehog

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HINDLIMB; LIMB BUD; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER GENE; SOMITE; STABLE EXPRESSION; VERTEBRATE;

ENHANCER; GLI; GREMLIN; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; SILENCER; SONIC HEDGEHOG;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LIMB BUDS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84899628610     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.104299     Document Type: Article

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