Computational prediction and experimental validation of novel Hedgehog-responsive enhancers linked to genes of the Hedgehog pathway Integrative control of development

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gurdziel, Katherine ^a   Vogt, Kyle R ^a   Schneider, Gary ^a   Richards, Neil ^a   Gumucio, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancers; GLI; Hedgehog signaling; Machine learning

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN GLI1;

EID: 84958952560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12861-016-0106-0     Document Type: Article

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