Genome-wide CTCF distribution in vertebrates defines equivalent sites that aid the identification of disease-associated genes

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 708-714

  Martin, David ^a   Pantoja, Cristina ^b   Fernández Miñán, Ana ^c   Valdes Quezada, Christian ^d   Moltó, Eduardo ^e,f   Matesanz, Fuencisla ^g   Bogdanović, Ozren ^c   De La Calle Mustienes, Elisa ^c   Domínguez, Orlando ^b   Taher, Leila ^h   Furlan Magaril, Mayra ^d   Alcina, Antonio ^g   Cañóon, Susana ⁱ   Fedetz, María ^g   Blasco, María A ^b   Pereira, Paulo S ^j   Ovcharenko, Ivan ^h   Recillas Targa, Félix ^d   Montoliu, Lluís ^e,f   Manzanares, Miguel ⁱ   Guiǵo, Roderic ^a   Serrano, Manuel ^b   Casares, Fernando ^c   Gómez Skarmeta, José Luis ^c   more..

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EVI5 GENE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; GFI1 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958834622     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2059     Document Type: Article

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