CTCFBSDB: A CTCF-binding site database for characterization of vertebrate genomic insulators

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Bao, Lei ^a   Zhou, Mi ^a   Cui, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; CTFC BINDING SITE DATABASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; GENOMICS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSULATOR ELEMENT; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; INTERNET; MICE; RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38549161074     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm875     Document Type: Article

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