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Distant regulatory elements in a Sox10-βGEO BAC transgene are required for expression of Sox10 in the enteric nervous system and other neural crest-derived tissues

  1. Karen K. Deal1,
  2. V. Ashley Cantrell1,
  3. Ronald L. Chandler1,
  4. Thomas L. Saunders2,
  5. Douglas P. Mortlock3,
  6. E. Michelle Southard-Smith1,*

Article first published online: 3 APR 2006

DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20769

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Developmental Dynamics

Developmental Dynamics

Special Issue: Craniofacial Development Special Issue

Volume 235, Issue 5, pages 1413–1432, May 2006

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Deal, K. K., Cantrell, V. A., Chandler, R. L., Saunders, T. L., Mortlock, D. P. and Southard-Smith, E. M. (2006), Distant regulatory elements in a Sox10-βGEO BAC transgene are required for expression of Sox10 in the enteric nervous system and other neural crest-derived tissues. Dev. Dyn., 235: 1413–1432. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.20769

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  1. 1

    Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

  2. 2

    Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  3. 3

    Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

*Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 529 Light Hall, 2215 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232-0275

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 APR 2006
  2. Article first published online: 3 APR 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 FEB 2006

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  • NIH. Grant Numbers: CA68485, DK20593, DK58404, HD15052, DK59637, EY08126
  • US National Institutes of Health grant from NIDDK. Grant Number: DK64251

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