Properties of the mouse α-globin HS-26: Relationship to HS-40, the major enhancer of human α-globin gene expression

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-39

  Bouhassira, Eric E ^a   Kielman, Menno F ^b   Gilman, John ^a   Fabry, Mary F ^a   Suzuka, Sandy ^a   Leone, Ofelia ^b   Gikas, Ekatarinas ^b   Bernini, Luigi F ^b   Nagel, Ronald L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

globin; Enhancer; Hyper sensitive site; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031029504     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199701)54:1<30::AID-AJH5>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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