Activation of the β globin locus by transcription factors and chromatin modifiers

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 4986-4996

  Mcmorrow, Tara ^a   Van Den Wijngaard, Arthur ^b   Wollenschlaeger, Alex ^b   Van De Corput, Mariëtte ^b   Monkhorst, Kim ^b   Trimborn, Tolleiv ^b   Fraser, Peter ^b   Van Lohuizen, Maarten ^c   Jenuwein, Thomas ^d   Djabali, Malek ^e   Philipsen, Sjaak ^a   Grosveld, Frank ^a   Milot, Eric ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene activation; Position effects; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GLOBINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LIVER; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034665053     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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