YY1 helps to bring loose ends together

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1145-1152

  Calame, Kathryn ^a   Atchison, Michael ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1;

ALLELE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; YY1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 34249061855     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1559007     Document Type: Review

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