Developmental stage-specific epigenetic control of human β-globin gene expression is potentiated in hematopoietic progenitor cells prior to their transcriptional activation

Blood

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3989-3997

  Bottardi, Stefania ^b   Aumont, Angélique ^b   Grosveld, Frank ^b   Milot, Eric ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HISTONE H3;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BURST FORMING UNIT E; COLONY FORMING UNIT E; COLONY FORMING UNIT GEMM; COLONY FORMING UNIT GM; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBIN GENE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0344394531     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-05-1540     Document Type: Article

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