Long-distance interactions between enhancers and promoters: The case of the Abd-B domain of the Drosophila bithorax complex

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3253-3259

  Sipos, László ^a   Gyurkovics, Henrik ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Abd B; Chromatin structure; Drosophila; Homeotic genes; Promoter targeting

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ABD B GENE; ABDOMEN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; THORAX;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 22144469131     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04757.x     Document Type: Review

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