Patterns of histone acetylation suggest dual pathways for gene activation by a bifunctional locus control region

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 6814-6822

  Elefant, Felice ^a   Su, Yuhua ^a   Liebhaber, Stephen A ^a   Cooke, Nancy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene expression; Histone acetylation; Human growth hormone; Locus control region

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PITUITARY GLAND; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034671798     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.24.6814     Document Type: Article

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