Setting up and maintaining differential insulators and boundaries for genomic imprinting

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 469-478

  Murrell, Adele ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin looping; CTCF; Genomic imprinting; Insulators; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN LOOPING; CTCF; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERMLINE; LONG DISTANCES; NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENTS; POLYCOMB; REGULATORY ELEMENTS; SOMATIC TISSUES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION;

GENES;

COHESIN; DDX5 PROTEIN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; HELICASE; INCRNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; RNA; STEROID RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN LOOPING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; IMPRINTING CONTROL REGION; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MICE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 80053933086     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o11-043     Document Type: Review

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