Genomic views of distant-acting enhancers

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7261, 2009, Pages 199-205

  Visel, Axel ^a,b   Rubin, Edward M ^a,b   Pennacchio, Len A ^a,b  

^a DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; PROTEIN; RISK FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 70249088327     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08451     Document Type: Review

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