Joining the loops: β-globin gene regulation

IUBMB Life

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 824-833

  Noordermeer, Daan ^a   De Laat, Wouter ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

globin; Active chromatin hub; Chromatin looping; Locus control region; Nuclear organization

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; COHESIN; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOG 1; PROTEIN SATB 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NF E2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NF E2 P45 SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE CHROMATIN HUB; ANEMIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN K 562; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; KIT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLOBINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, SWITCH; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 59649097916     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.129     Document Type: Review

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