Transcriptomic profiling comparison of YAP over-expression and conditional knockout mouse tooth germs.
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SUBMITTER: Liu M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4583647 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
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Transcriptomic profiling comparison of YAP over-expression and conditional knockout mouse tooth germs.
Genomics data 20150604
To identify the downstream target genes of YAP, we used RNA-Seq technology to compare the transcriptomic profilings of Yap conditional knockout (Yap CKO) and YAP over-expression mouse tooth germs. Our results showed that some Hox, Wnt and Laminin family genes had concurrent changes with YAP transcripts, indicating that the expression of these genes may be regulated by YAP. Here, we provide the detailed experimental procedure for the transcriptomic profiling results (NCBI GEO accession number GSE ...[more]
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