Replication timing profile reflects the distinct functional and genomic features of the MHC class II region

Cell Cycle

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2393-2398

  Takousis, Petros ^a,b   Johonnett, Peter ^a   Williamson, Jill ^a   Sasieni, Peter ^b   Warnes, Gary ^b   Forshew, Tim ^b   Azuara, Veronique ^c   Fisher, Amanda ^d   Wu, Pei Jun ^a   Jones, Tania ^a,b   Vatcheva, Radost ^a   Beck, Stephan ^e   Sheer, Denise ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Imperial College of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; Gene density; Interferon; Major Histocompatibility Complex; Nascent DNA; Replication timing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATIN; CONFORMATION; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 35848968459     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.6.19.4762     Document Type: Article

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