DNA methylation status predicts cell type-specific enhancer activity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3028-3039

  Wiench, Malgorzata ^a   John, Sam ^a   Baek, Songjoon ^a   Johnson, Thomas A ^a   Sung, Myong Hee ^a   Escobar, Thelma ^a   Simmons, Catherine A ^b   Pearce, Kenneth H ^b   Biddie, Simon C ^a   Sabo, Pete J ^c   Thurman, Robert E ^c   Stamatoyannopoulos, John A ^c   Hager, Gordon L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNaseI hypersensitivity; enhancer; glucocorticoid receptor; tissue specificity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CONTROL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 79961022522     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.210     Document Type: Article

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