A conserved, extended chromatin opening within α-globin locus during development

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 174-184

  Fu, Xiang Hui ^a   Liu, De Pei ^a   Tang, Xiao Bin ^a   Liu, Guang ^a   Lv, Xiang ^a   Li, Ya Jun ^a   Liang, Chih Chuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Butyrate treatment; Chromatin immunoprecipitation; Chromatin opening; Development; Globin switching; Histone acetylation; Histone methylation; Transgenic mice; Globin locus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITION; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EUKARYOTA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 23944455393     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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