Developmentally regulated extended domains of DNA hypomethylation encompass highly transcribed genes of the human β-globin locus

Experimental Hematology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Lathrop, Melissa J ^a   Hsu, Mei ^a   Richardson, Christine A ^b   Olivier, Emmanuel N ^c   Qiu, Caihong ^c   Bouhassira, Eric E ^c   Fiering, Steven ^a   Lowrey, Christopher H ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; BISULFITE; DINUCLEOTIDE; HEMOGLOBIN F; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROID CELL; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

EID: 67049086910     PISSN: 0301472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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