Cis-regulatory control of human GLI2 expression in the developing neural tube and limb bud

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 244, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 681-692

  Minhas, Rashid ^a   Pauls, Stefan ^b   Ali, Shahid ^a   Doglio, Laura ^b   Khan, Muhammad Ramzan ^c   Elgar, Greg ^b   Abbasi, Amir Ali ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CNE; Comparative genomics; Enhancer; Gene regulation; GLI2; Vertebrate development

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; GLI2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLI2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; LIMB BUD; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTORAL FIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TETRAPOD; TRANSGENIC ZEBRAFISH; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LIMB BUDS; NEURAL TUBE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84929269478     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24266     Document Type: Article

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