Global analysis of the insulator binding protein CTCF in chromatin barrier regions reveals demarcation of active and repressive domains

Genome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-32

  Cuddapah, Suresh ^a   Jothi, Raja ^a   Schones, Dustin E ^a   Roh, Tae Young ^a   Cui, Kairong ^a   Zhao, Keji ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; CCCTC BINDING FACTOR; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULATOR ELEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN GENOME; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

VERTEBRATA;

BINDING SITES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOME, HUMAN; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; JURKAT CELLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 60149095014     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.082800.108     Document Type: Article

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