Functional analysis of dna sequences located within a cluster of DNase I hypersensitive sites colocalizing with a MAR element at the upstream border of the chicken α-globin gene domain

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-49

  Razin, Sergey V ^a,b   Shen, Kang ^a   Ioudinkova, Elena ^a,b   Scherrer, Klaus ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DNase I hypersensitive sites; Domain of chicken globin genes; Enhancers; Matrix association regions; Silencers; Transcription termination signals

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; CELL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FRAGMENT; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033168394     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19990701)74:1<38::aid-jcb5>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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