Orientation-dependent interaction between Drosophila insulators is a property of this class of regulatory elements

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7019-7028

  Kyrchanova, Olga ^a   Chetverina, Darya ^a   Maksimenko, Oksana ^a   Kullyev, Andrey ^a   Georgiev, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CTCF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DWG PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; EYE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SU(HW) PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHITE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; INSULATOR ELEMENT; METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 58749098787     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn781     Document Type: Article

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