CTCF shapes chromatin by multiple mechanisms: The impact of 20 years of CTCF research on understanding the workings of chromatin

Chromosoma

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Ohlsson, Rolf ^a   Bartkuhn, Marek ^b   Renkawitz, Rainer ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; NUCLEOSOME; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA PACKAGING; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; NUCLEOSOMES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ZINC FINGERS;

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EID: 77956189840     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-010-0262-0     Document Type: Review

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