Functional relevance of CpG island length for regulation of gene expression

Genetics

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1077-1083

  Elango, Navin ^a,b   Yi, Soojin V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Dow Agro Sciences LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTROSPECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CPG ISLANDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955453038     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.126094     Document Type: Article

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