Reorganisation of Hoxd regulatory landscapes during the evolution of a snake-like body plan

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue AUGUST, 2016, Pages

  Guerreiro, Isabel ^a   Gitto, Sandra ^a   Novoa, Ana ^b   Codourey, Julien ^a   Nguyen Huynh, Thi Hanh ^a   Gonzalez, Federico ^a,d   Milinkovitch, Michel C ^a   Mallo, Moises ^b   Duboule, Denis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENITAL SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; LIMB; MESODERM; SNAKE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MICE; SNAKES;

EID: 84982717690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.16087     Document Type: Article

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