Comparative genome analysis delimits a chromosomal domain and identifies key regulatory elements in the α globin cluster

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 371-382

  Flint, Jonathan ^a   Tufarelli, Cristina ^a   Peden, John ^a   Clark, Kevin ^a   Daniels, Rachael J ^a   Hardison, Ross ^b   Miller, Webb ^b   Philipsen, Sjaak ^c   Tan Un, Kian Chen ^d   McMorrow, Tara ^c   Frampton, Jonathan ^a   Alter, Blanche P ^e,g   Frischauf, Anna Marie ^f   Higgs, Douglas R ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; FISH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOMES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

GALLUS GALLUS; RODENTIA; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0035864919     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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