Chromatin Architecture of the Pitx2 Locus Requires CTCF- and Pitx2-Dependent Asymmetry that Mirrors Embryonic Gut Laterality

Cell Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 337-349

  Welsh, Ian C ^a   Kwak, Hojoong ^a   Chen, Frances L ^a   Werner, Melissa ^a   Shopland, Lindsay S ^b,c   Danko, Charles G ^a   Lis, John T ^a   Zhang, Min ^d   Martin, James F ^d,e   Kurpios, Natasza A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; PROTEIN PLAYRR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; CHROMATIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA EDITING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMATIN; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC LOCI; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTESTINES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, LONG NONCODING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84944031499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.08.075     Document Type: Article

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