A 3'-flanking NF-κB site mediates developmental silencing of the human ζ-globin gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2218-2228

  Wang, Zhibin ^a   Liebhaber, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

globin gene; Embryonic expression; Gene silencing; NF B; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FETUS LIVER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SILENCING; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; YOLK SAC;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEIN BINDING; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033561118     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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