Scaffold/matrix-attached regions: Topological switches with multiple regulatory functions

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 115-138

  Bode, Jürgen ^a   Stengert Iber, Michaela ^a   Kay, Volker ^a   Schlake, Thomas ^c   Dietz Pfeilstetter, Antje ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

gene activity; nuclear compartmentalization; nuclear matrix; protein DNA interaction; superhelical tension; topoisomerization

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

BASE PAIRING; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE SWITCHING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029790641     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevEukarGeneExpr.v6.i2-3.20     Document Type: Review

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