Junk DNA and sectorial gene repression

Gene

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 323-343

  Zuckerkandl, Emile ^a  

^a Inst of Molecular Medical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell types; Determination; Developmental switches; Heterochromatinization; Intron function; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENHANCER REGION; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031593248     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00543-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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