Erythroid Kruppel-like factor is essential for β-globin gene expression even in absence of gene competition, but is not sufficient to induce the switch from γ-globin to β-globin gene expression

Blood

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2259-2263

  Guy, Louis Georges ^b   Mei, Qi ^b   Perkins, Andrew C ^b   Orkin, Stuart H ^b   Wall, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL-LIKE FACTOR; GLOBIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GLOBINS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032034201     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v91.7.2259     Document Type: Article

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