CTCF function is modulated by neighboring DNA binding factors

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 459-468

  Weth, Oliver ^a   Renkawitz, Rainer ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary function; CTCF; Enhancer blocking; H19 IGF2; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY FUNCTION; CELL TYPES; COFACTORS; COHESINS; COMBINED ACTIONS; CONTROL REGION; CTCF; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING; ENHANCER BLOCKING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; H19 IGF2; PHILLIPS; PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL MECHANISMS; WHOLE GENOME ANALYSIS; ZINC FINGER;

ALKYLATION; BELLS; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC;

BINDING SITES;

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMAD PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM ZINC FINGER 1 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSULATOR ELEMENT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MICE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80053952320     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o11-033     Document Type: Review

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