Regulation of mammalian gene expression by retroelements and non-coding tandem repeats

BioEssays

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-348

  Tomilin, Nikolai V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; SATELLITE DNA;

BINDING SITE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA, SATELLITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, HUMAN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RETROELEMENTS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41649088383     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20741     Document Type: Review

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