Regulatory features for odorant receptor genes in the mouse genome

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2017, Pages

  Degl'Innocenti, Andrea ^a,b,c   D'Errico, Anna ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; Element; Enhancer; Epigenetics; Gene expression; Odorant receptor gene choice; Promoter; TFBS

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EPIGENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURON; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 85014735336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00019     Document Type: Short Survey

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