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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2017

Limb development: a paradigm of gene regulation.

Florence Petit, Karen E Sears, Nadav Ahituv

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Florence PetitDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
Karen E SearsSchool of Integrative Biology, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
Nadav AhituvDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California 94158, USA.

Funding

Non-coding/epigenetic regulationP01HD084387 · NICHD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Nadav Ahituv, LILIANNA SOLNICAKREZEL · 2016 to 2026
$14.2M
Massively parallel dissection of psychiatric regulatory networksR01MH109907 · NIMH · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI AHITUV, NADAV, POLLARD, KATHERINE S. · 2016 to 2020
$3.4M
Integrative interpretation of the organismal consequences of non-coding variationR01CA197139 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI COOPER, GREGORY MICHAEL, SHENDURE, JAY ASHOK · 2015 to 2017
$1.9M
Developing techniques to generate the first transgenic opossumsR21OD022988 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI SEARS, KAREN E · 2016 to 2017
$426k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA197139NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD084387NIH HHS R21 OD022988NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH109907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The limb is a commonly used model system for developmental biology. Given the need for precise control of complex signalling pathways to achieve proper patterning, the limb is also becoming a model system for gene regulation studies. Recent developments in genomic technologies have enabled the genome-wide identification of regulatory elements that control limb development, yielding insights into the determination of limb morphology and forelimb versus hindlimb identity. The modulation of regulatory interactions - for example, through the modification of regulatory sequences or chromatin architecture - can lead to morphological evolution, acquired regeneration capacity or limb malformations in diverse species, including humans.

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Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsForelimbHindlimbHumansOrganogenesisSignal Transduction

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PMID28163321

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