Prediction and validation of gene regulatory elements activated during retinoic acid induced embryonic stem cell differentiation

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2016, Issue 112, 2016, Pages

  Simandi, Zoltan ^a   Horvath, Attila ^b   Nagy, Peter ^a   Nagy, Laszlo ^a,b,c  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ChIP seq; Developmental biology; Embryonic stem cell; Enhancer; ERNA; Gene expression; Issue 112; Luciferase assay; Retinoic acid; Retinoic acid receptor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84977470988     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/53978     Document Type: Article

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