MBD2 contributes to developmental silencing of the human ε-globin gene

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 212-219

  Rupon, Jeremy W ^a,b,c   Wang, Shou Zhen ^a   Gnanapragasam, Merlin ^a,b   Labropoulos, Stefanos ^a,b,d   Ginder, Gordon D ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Embryonic gene silencing; Globin gene; MBD2; Red cell

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; BETA GLOBIN; BINDING PROTEIN; EPSILON GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; METHYLCYTOSINE BINDING DOMAIN PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; AZACITIDINE; BETA-GLOBINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPSILON-GLOBINS; ERYTHROBLASTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE ORDER; GENE SILENCING; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

AVES; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 79952105619     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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