The β-globin LCR is not necessary for an open chromatin structure or developmentally regulated transcription of the native mouse β-globin locus

Molecular Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 447-455

  Epner, Elliot ^a,f   Reik, Andreas ^a   Cimbora, Daniel ^a   Telling, Agnes ^a   Bender, M A ^a   Fiering, Steve ^b   Enver, Tariq ^c   Martin, David I K ^a   Kennedy, Marion ^d   Keller, Gordon ^d   Groudine, Mark ^a,e  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032185226     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80144-6     Document Type: Article

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