Drosophila CTCF Is Required for Fab-8 Enhancer Blocking Activity in S2 Cells

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-239

  Ciavatta, Dominic ^a   Rogers, Steve ^b   Magnuson, Terry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CTCF; DNA insulator; Fab 8; RNAi; S2 cells

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; FAB8 INSULATOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548834454     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.065     Document Type: Article

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