Chromatin architecture and transcription factor binding regulate expression of erythrocyte membrane protein genes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5399-5412

  Steiner, Laurie A ^a   Maksimova, Yelena ^a   Schulz, Vincent ^a   Wong, Clara ^a   Raha, Debasish ^b   Mahajan, Milind C ^a   Weissman, Sherman M ^a   Gallagher, Patrick G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN FOG 1; PROTEIN MTA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NF E2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHROMATIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NF-E2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, P45 SUBUNIT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70350455487     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00777-09     Document Type: Article

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