Erythroid Kruppel-like factor (EKLF) is active in primitive and definitive erythroid cells and is required for the function of 5'HS3 of the β-globin locus control region

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2334-2341

  Tewari, Rita ^b   Gillemans, Nynke ^a   Wijgerde, Mark ^a   Nuez, Beatriz ^c   Von Lindern, Marieke ^a   Grosveld, Frank ^a   Philipsen, Sjaak ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Chandika DP Towers   (India)

Author keywords

globin; EKLF; Locus control region; Primitive erythropoiesis

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032521930     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.8.2334     Document Type: Article

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