Chromatin insulators: Lessons from the fly

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-282

  Gurudatta, B V ^a   Corces, Victor G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Insulator; Nucleus; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CCCTC BINDING FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PROTEIN CP190; SUPPRESSOR OF HAIRY WING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZESTE WHITE 5 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ACTIVITY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RETROPOSON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS;

EID: 70349548593     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elp032     Document Type: Article

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