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Images show Hedgehog responsive enhancer activity in tissue specific regions. Left: A mouse embryo with enhancer activity restricted to the developing limb buds. Right: A transgenic mouse embryo for one of the GLI-responsive enhancers. Images courtesy of VISTA enhancer database.


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