Down-regulation of early sea urchin histone H2A gene relies on cis regulative sequences located in the 5′ and 3′ regions and including the enhancer blocker sns

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 342, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1367-1377

  Di Caro, Domenica ^a   Melfi, Raffaella ^a   Alessandro, Claudia ^a   Serio, Gaetana ^a   Di Caro, Valentina ^a   Cavalieri, Vincenzo ^a   Palla, Franco ^a   Spinelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

enhancer blocker; genomic insulator; histone genes; transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; GASTRULA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEA URCHIN; TITRIMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 4444309527     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.07.101     Document Type: Article

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