Conserved CTCF insulator elements flank the mouse and human β-globin loci

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3820-3831

  Farrell, Catherine M ^a   West, Adam G ^a   Felsenfeld, Gary ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GLOBINS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036094107     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.11.3820-3831.2002     Document Type: Article

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