Analysis of the H19ICR insulator

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3499-3510

  Young, Soo Yoon ^a,b   Jeong, Sangkyun ^a   Rong, Qi ^a   Park, Kye Yoon ^a   Jae, Hoon Chung ^b   Pfeifer, Karl ^a  

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

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; ENHANCER REGION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INSULATOR ELEMENT; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; LIVER; MICE; MOTHERS; MUSCLE CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 34247576603     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.02170-06     Document Type: Article

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