Krox20 hindbrain regulation incorporates multiple modes of cooperation between cis-acting elements

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Thierion, Elodie ^a,b,d   Le Men, Johan ^a   Collombet, Samuel ^a   Hernandez, Céline ^a   Coulpier, Fanny ^a   Torbey, Patrick ^a   Thomas Chollier, Morgane ^a   Noordermeer, Daan ^c   Charnay, Patrick ^a   Gilardi Hebenstreit, Pascale ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT A; ELEMENT C; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHROMATIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EGR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KROX20 GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATIN; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHROMATIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 85026667778     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006903     Document Type: Article

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