Beyond the locus control region: New light on β-globin locus regulation

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 914-923

  Li, Xing Guo ^a   Liu, De Pei ^a   Liang, Chih Chuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chromatin modification; Gene activation; Globin; Locus control region; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

CHROMATIN; CONFORMATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034926102     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(01)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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