The human β-globin locus control region. A center of attraction

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1589-1599

  Levings, Padraic P ^a   Bungert, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin domains; Globin genes; Intergenic transcription; Locus control region; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW;

CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036227306     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2002.02797.x     Document Type: Review

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