The human insulin gene is part of a large open chromatin domain specific for human islets

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 17419-17424

  Mutskov, Vesco ^a   Felsenfeld, Gary ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Histone modifications; Intergenic transcription; Pancreatic islets

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HUMAN INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DONOR; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMATIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROTEINS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 70350453755     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909288106     Document Type: Article

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