Long range regulation of the sonic hedgehog gene

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-59

  Anderson, Eve ^a   Hill, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS;

CHROMOSOME; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO POLARITY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SONIC HEDGEHOG GENE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS;

EID: 84901292280     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2014.03.011     Document Type: Review

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