Imprinting and looping: Epigenetic marks control interactions between regulatory elements

BioEssays

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kato, Yuzuru ^a   Sasaki, Hiroyuki ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CONTROL SYSTEM; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; IGF2 GENE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; METHYLATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 12344284062     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20171     Document Type: Review

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