Sheltering of γ-globin expression from position effects requires both an upstream locus control region and a regulatory element 3' to the (A)γ- globin gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 240-247

  Stamatoyannopoulos, J A ^a,c   Clegg, C H ^a,b   Li, Q ^a,d  

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

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031027051     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.1.240     Document Type: Article

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