Identification of a genomic fragment that directs hematopoietic-specific expression of Rac2 and analysis of the DNA methylation profile of the gene locus

Gene

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 323-333

  Ladd, Paula D ^a   Sergesketter Butler, Jill ^a   Skalnik, David G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial artificial chromosome; Chromatin; Gene promoter; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; RAC PROTEIN; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GENOMICS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; AZACITIDINE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CODON, INITIATOR; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; K562 CELLS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 5044230434     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.07.019     Document Type: Article

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