A chromatin insulator mediates transgene homing and very long-range enhancer-promoter communication

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3077-3087

  Fujioka, Miki ^a   Wu, Xian ^a   Jaynes, James B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Enhancer blocking; Epigenetics; Even skipped; Homing; Insulator

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; EVEN SKIPPED PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALOSIN CONTAINING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 70350026697     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.036467     Document Type: Article

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