Identification and functional characterization of novel transcriptional enhancers involved in regulating human GLI3 expression during early development

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 570-580

  Anwar, Saneela ^a   Minhas, Rashid ^a   Ali, Shahid ^a   Lambert, Nicholas ^b   Kawakami, Yasuhiko ^b   Elgar, Greg ^c   Azam, Syed Sikandar ^a   Abbasi, Amir Ali ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GLI3; Cis regulators; Conserved non coding elements; Enhancer; Fin

Indexed keywords

CONSERVED NON CODING ELEMENT; ELEMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLI3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; LIMB; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PECTORAL FIN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELEOST; TETRAPOD; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC ZEBRAFISH; TRANSGENICS; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84944455924     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12239     Document Type: Article

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