Intronic and flanking sequences are required to silence enhancement of an embryonic β-type globin gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 236-246

  Wandersee, Nancy J ^a,b,c   Ferris, Richard C ^a   Ginder, Gordon D ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; EUKARYOTA; MURINAE;

BETA GLOBIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILENCER GENE;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLOBINS; HEMIN; HUMAN; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RNA CAPS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029655902     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.1.236     Document Type: Article

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