Variegated gene expression caused by cell-specific long-range DNA interactions

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 944-951

  Noordermeer, Daan ^a,d   De Wit, Elzo ^a   Klous, Petra ^a   Van De Werken, Harmen ^a   Simonis, Marieke ^a   Lopez Jones, Melissa ^b   Eussen, Bert ^c   De Klein, Annelies ^c   Singer, Robert H ^b   De Laat, Wouter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; DNA; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLOBINS; DNA; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79960980390     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2278     Document Type: Article

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