Transcriptional enhancers act in cis to suppress position-effect variegation

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-195

  Walters, Mark C ^b   Magis, Wendy ^a   Fiering, Steven ^a   Eidemiller, Jeff ^a   Scalzo, David ^a   Groudine, Mark ^b   Martin, David I K ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5'HS2; enhancer; metallothionein; PEV; silencing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030028985     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.2.185     Document Type: Article

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