Synergistic regulation of human β-globin gene switching by locus control region elements HS3 and HS4

Genes and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 24, 1995, Pages 3083-3096

  Bungert, Jörg ^a   Dav́e, Utpal ^a   Lim, Kim Chew ^a   Lieuw, Ken H ^a   Shavit, Jordan A ^a   Liu, Qinghui ^a   Engel, James Douglas ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; HS3; HS4; LCR

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; YEAST;

MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029558513     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.24.3083     Document Type: Article

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