To be or not to be active: The stochastic nature of enhancer action

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 381-387

  Fiering, Steve ^a   Whitelaw, Emma ^b   Martin, David I K ^c,d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c USA   (United States)

^d VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034048586     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(200004)22:4<381::AID-BIES8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Review

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