Structural and functional cross-talk between a distant enhancer and the ε-globin gene promoter shows interdependence of the two elements in chromatin

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 7600-7609

  McDowell, Jennifer C ^a,c   Dean, Ann ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Building 6 ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; ERYTHROID CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINICHROMOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TATA BOX;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032747826     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.11.7600     Document Type: Article

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