Upregulation of c-MYC in cis through a large chromatin loop linked to a cancer risk-associated single-nucleotide polymorphism in colorectal cancer cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1411-1420

  Wright, Jason B ^a   Brown, Seth J ^a   Cole, Michael D ^a  

^a NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; HISTONE; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHROMATIN; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPREGULATION;

ALLELES; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA CATENIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77749323471     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01384-09     Document Type: Article

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