The β-globin nuclear compartment in development and erythroid differentiation

Nature Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-194

  Palstra, Robert Jan ^a   Tolhuis, Bas ^a   Splinter, Erik ^a   Nijmeijer, Rian ^a   Grosveld, Frank ^a   De Laat, Wouter ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; FETUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLOBINS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141730403     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1244     Document Type: Letter

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