An E box comprises a positional sensor for regional differences in skeletal muscle gene expression and methylation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 217-229

  Ceccarelli, Elena ^a   McGrew, Michael J ^a   Nguyen, Tom ^a   Grieshammer, Uta ^a   Horgan, David ^a   Hughes, Stephen H ^b   Rosenthal, Nadia ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033199855     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9345     Document Type: Article

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