Enhancers: The abundance and function of regulatory sequences beyond promoters

Developmental Biology

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-257

  Bulger, Michael ^a   Groudine, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Enhancers; Gene Expression; Gene Regulation; Insulators; Locus control regions; Nuclear Organization; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; INSECT GENETICS; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77149139820     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.11.035     Document Type: Review

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