Transcriptional augmentation: Modulation of gene expression by scaffold/matrix-attached regions (S/MAR elements)

Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-90

  Bode, Jürgen ^a   Benham, Craig ^b   Knopp, Angela ^a   Mielke, Christian ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Base unpairing region (BUR); Chromatin domains; Episomal vectors; Scaffold matrix attached regions; Stress induced duplex destabilization (SIDD); Transcriptional augmentation; Unwinding elements (UE)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BASE PAIRING; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DENMARK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034103927     PISSN: 10454403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/critreveukargeneexpr.v10.i1.90     Document Type: Review

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