The Gene Regulatory Network of Lens Induction Is Wired through Meis-Dependent Shadow Enhancers of Pax6

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Antosova, Barbora ^a   Smolikova, Jana ^a   Klimova, Lucie ^a   Lachova, Jitka ^a   Bendova, Michaela ^a   Kozmikova, Iryna ^a   Machon, Ondrej ^a   Kozmik, Zbynek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEIS1; PROTEIN MEIS2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MRG1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYELOID ECOTROPIC VIRAL INTEGRATION SITE 1 PROTEIN; PAX6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; LENS; LENS INDUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAX6 GENE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SHADOW ENHANCER; ANIMAL; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ECTODERM; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PAX6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 85007524475     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006441     Document Type: Article

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