CTCF Tethers an Insulator to Subnuclear Sites, Suggesting Shared Insulator Mechanisms across Species

Molecular Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 291-298

  Yusufzai, Timur M ^a   Tagami, Hideaki ^b   Nakatani, Yoshihiro ^b   Felsenfeld, Gary ^a  

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

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPHOSMIN; PROTEIN CTCF; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842310349     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(04)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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