Chromatin insulators

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2006, Pages 107-138

  Valenzuela, Lourdes ^a   Kamakaka, Rohinton T ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Chromatin domains; Enhancer blocking; Enhancers; Insulators; Silencers

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; NUCLEOPORIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; HEAT SHOCK; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILENCER ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GLOBINS; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 33845672694     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.39.073003.113546     Document Type: Review

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