HS-48 alone has no enhancement role on the expression of human α-globin gene cluster

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-36

  Tang, Xiao bin ^a   Feng, Dong xiao ^a   Di, Li jun ^a   Huang, Yue ^a   Fu, Xiang hui ^a   Liu, Guang ^a   Tang, Yi ^a   Liu, De pei ^a   Liang, Chih Chuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Expression; Human globin gene; Hypersensitive site; Regulation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33845670458     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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