Vertebrate protein CTCF and its multiple roles in a large-scale regulation of genome activity

Current Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 294-302

  Nikolaev, L G ^a   Akpov, S B ^a   Didych, D A ^a   Sverdlov, E D ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

CTCF; Gene regulation; Insulator; Loop domains; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BREAST CANCER; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UPREGULATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68949215219     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920209788921038     Document Type: Review

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