The evolution of epigenetic regulators CTCF and BORIS/CTCFL in amniotes

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Hore, Timothy A ^a   Deakin, Janine E ^a   Marshall Graves, Jennifer A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAG 1 PROTEIN; CTCF PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CCCTC BINDING FACTOR; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM LINE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PLATYPUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPTILE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; OPOSSUM; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMNIOTA; BOS; EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; MUS; REPTILIA; THERIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 50849144352     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000169     Document Type: Article

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