Role of the duplicated CCAAT box region in γ-globin gene regulation and hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-149

  Ronchi, Antonella ^a   Berry, Meera ^b   Raguz, Selina ^b   Imam, Ali ^c   Yannoutsos, Nikos ^c   Ottolenghi, Sergio ^a   Grosveld, Frank ^b,c   Dillon, Niall ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCAAT box; Hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin; HPFH promoter; globin gene

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOGLOBIN F PERSISTENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SILENT GENE; THALASSEMIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030071336     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00342.x     Document Type: Article

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