Nuclear localization and histone acetylation: A pathway for chromatin opening and transcriptional activation of the human β-globin locus

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 940-950

  Schübeler, Dirk ^a   Francastel, Claire ^a   Cimbora, Daniel M ^a   Reik, Andreas ^a   Martin, David I K ^b   Groudine, Mark ^a,c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Gene activation; Globin; LCR; Nuclear compartmentalization

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ACETYLATION; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GLOBINS; HISTONES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0242439142     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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