Enhancer Detail

Comprehensive information about experimentally validated enhancers

About Enhancer
Enhancer ID: E_05375
Species: Mus musculus
Position : chr11:111456657-111460228
Year: 2025
Title: Neanderthal-derived variants increase SOX9 enhancer activity in craniofacial progenitors that shape jaw development.
Genome Build: mm39
Enhancer Type: Enhancer
Condition: Normal
PMID:  41208708
Tissue: developing craniofacial mesenchyme / jaw
Cell Source: Human/Neanderthal EC1.45 sequences functionally tested in transgenic zebrafish
Cell Type: cranial neural crest-derived mesenchymal progenitor
Experiment Type: EC1.45 evolutionary enhancer-variant functional assay; orthologous canonical enhancer interval; dual reporter; lineage tracing; SOX9 phenocopy
High Throughput Method: scRNA-seq
Low Throughput Method: Tol2 dual enhancer-reporter; live/confocal imaging; lineage tracing; SOX9 overexpression; craniofacial morphometry
About Target Gene
Target gene : Sox9
About TF
TF name : NA
About Regulatory State
Regulatory State : Active
Upstream Pathway Annotation of TF
GeneName Pathway Name Source Gene Number
Enhancer Associated Network
Overlapping Enhancers (mm39) 2 found
Enhancer ID Position Tissue Cell Disease
E_01179 chr11:111456657-111460228 developing mandible / craniofacial mesenchyme cranial neural crest cell isolated Pierre Robin sequence
E_05376 chr11:111456657-111460228 developing craniofacial mesenchyme / jaw cranial neural crest-derived mesenchymal progenitor NA
Expression of Target Genes for the Enhancer