The protein CTCF is required for the enhancer blocking activity of vertebrate insulators

Cell

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-396

  Bell, Adam C ^a   West, Adam G ^a   Felsenfeld, Gary ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033529654     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81967-4     Document Type: Article

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