Adjacent DNA elements dominantly restrict the ubiquitous activity of a novel chromatin-opening region to specific tissues

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 5037-5045

  Ortiz, Benjamin D ^a   Cado, Dragana ^a   Chen, Vincent ^a   Diaz, Paul W ^a   Winoto, Astar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Locus control region; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SILENT GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GLOBINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030789734     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.16.5037     Document Type: Article

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