Lack of bystander activation shows that localization exterior to chromosome territories is not sufficient to up-regulate gene expression

Genome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1184-1194

  Morey, Céline ^a,b   Kress, Clémence ^a,c   Bickmore, Wendy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOX B GENE; HOX D GENE; HOX GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 67650064596     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.089045.108     Document Type: Article

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