Transcriptional features of genomic regulatory blocks

Genome Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Akalin, Altuna ^a   Fredman, David ^a,c   Arner, Erik ^b   Dong, Xianjun ^a   Bryne, Jan Christian ^a   Suzuki, Harukazu ^b   Daub, Carsten O ^b   Hayashizaki, Yoshihide ^b   Lenhard, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ACETYLATION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 65149092197     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-4-r38     Document Type: Article

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