作者: Anne S. Jürgens , Mateusz Kolanczyk , Dietrich C. C. Moebest , Tomasz Zemojtel , Urs Lichtenauer
DOI: 10.1007/S11626-008-9162-5
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摘要: Experimentation with PBX1 knockout mice has shown that is necessary for early embryogenesis. Despite broad insight into function, little known about the underlying target gene regulation. Utilizing Cre-loxP system, we targeted a functionally important part of homeodomain through homozygous deletion exon-6 and flanking intronic regions leading to exon 7 skipping in embryonic stem (ES) cells. We induced vitro differentiation wild-type mutant ES cells by aggregation retinoic acid (RA) treatment compared their profiles expression at ninth day post-reattachment adhesive media. Our results indicate interactions HOX proteins DNA are dispensable RA-induced ability express neural genes point possible involvement regulation imprinted genes.