Identification of in vivo DNA-binding mechanisms of Pax6 and reconstruction of Pax6-dependent gene regulatory networks during forebrain and lens development

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 6827-6846

  Sun, Jian ^a   Rockowitz, Shira ^a   Xie, Qing ^a   Ashery Padan, Ruth ^b   Zheng, Deyou ^a   Cvekl, Ales ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYCLIN D1; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; NEUROGENIN 2; PROTEIN BCL 9L; PROTEIN DKK3; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DMRTA1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FEZF2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GSX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT7A PROTEIN; CHROMATIN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA BINDING; ENHANCER REGION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGENESIS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84940849692     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv589     Document Type: Article

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