Insulators form gene loops by interacting with promoters in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4097-4106

  Erokhin, Maksim ^a   Davydova, Anna ^a   Kyrchanova, Olga ^a   Parshikov, Alexander ^a   Georgiev, Pavel ^a   Chetverina, Darya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chromatin insulator; CTCF; Drosophila; Gene loop; Insulator promoter interaction; Su(HW)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 80051936662     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.062836     Document Type: Article

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