Essential role of NF-E2 in remodeling of chromatin structure and transcriptional activation of the ε-globin gene in vivo by 5' hypersensitive site 2 of the β-globin locus control region

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 6055-6064

  Gong, Qihui ^a   Mcdowell, Jennifer C ^a   Dean, Ann ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b MSC 2715 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; EPSILON GLOBIN; GLOBIN; HISTONE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINICHROMOSOME; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029824043     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.11.6055     Document Type: Article

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