Independent formation of DNaseI hypersensitive sites in the murine β- globin locus control region

Blood

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3600-3604

  Bender, M A ^c   Mehaffey, Michelle G ^c   Telling, Agnes ^c   Hug, Bruce ^c   Ley, Timothy J ^c   Groudine, Mark ^b   Fiering, Steven ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0034210247     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.11.3600.011k42_3600_3604     Document Type: Article

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