Locus control regions: Coming of age at a decade plus

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 403-408

  Li, Qiliang ^a   Harju, Susanna ^b   Peterson, Kenneth R ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

CHROMATIN; CONFORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; TIME; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033215140     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01780-1     Document Type: Review

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