Maternal-specific footprints at putative CTCF sites in the H19 imprinting control region give evidence for insulator function

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 607-610

  Szabó, Piroska E ^a   Tang, Shih Huey E ^a   Rentsendorj, Altan ^a   Pfeifer, Gerd P ^a   Mann, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BINDING SITE; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; H19 GENE; HUMAN GENE; IMPRINTING CONTROL REGION; INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 2 GENE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REPETITIVE DNA;

EID: 0034193691     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00489-9     Document Type: Article

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