The chicken β-globin 5'HS4 boundary element blocks enhancer-mediated suppression of silencing

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3714-3726

  Walters, Mark C ^a,b   Fiering, Steven ^c   Bouhassira, Eric E ^d   Scalzo, David ^a   Goeke, Scott ^a   Magis, Wendy ^a   Garrick, David ^e   Whitelaw, Emma ^e   Martin, David I K ^a,f  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; BETA GALACTOSIDE; BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; DNA INTEGRATION; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032929787     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.5.3714     Document Type: Article

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