Functional analysis of limb transcriptional enhancers in the mouse

Evolution and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 207-223

  Nolte, Mark J ^a,b,e   Wang, Ying ^b   Deng, Jian Min ^b   Swinton, Paul G ^c   Wei, Caimiao ^b   Guindani, Michele ^b   Schwartz, Robert J ^d   Behringer, Richard R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DATA SET; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENOME; LIMB; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN; RODENT;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CARPAL BONE; EMBRYOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LACTOSE OPERON; LIMB; LIMB BUD; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CARPAL BONES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LAC OPERON; LIMB BUDS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84903942178     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ede.12084     Document Type: Article

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