Functional gene expression domains: Defining the functional unit of eukaryotic gene regulation

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 657-665

  Dillon, Niall ^a   Sabbattini, Pierangela ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GLOBIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033936743     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-1878(200007)22:7<657::AID-BIES8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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