Bystander gene activation by a locus control region

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3854-3863

  Cajiao, Isabela ^a   Zhang, Aiwen ^a,c   Yoo, Eung Jae ^a   Cooke, Nancy E ^a   Liebhaber, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CD79b; Chromatin; hGH; Ig ; Locus control region

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOMA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD79; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PITUITARY GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 6344266958     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600365     Document Type: Article

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