Insulators as mediators of intra- and inter-chromosomal interactions: A common evolutionary theme

Journal of Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Ong, Chin Tong ^a   Corces, Victor G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE INTERACTION; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77950348678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14754924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/jbiol165     Document Type: Short Survey

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