Cohesin: A critical chromatin organizer in mammalian gene regulation

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 445-458

  Chien, Richard ^a   Zeng, Weihua ^a   Ball, Alexander R ^a   Yokomori, Kyoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CdLS; Chromatin; Cohesin; CTCF; HP1; NIPBL

Indexed keywords

CDLS; CHROMATIN; COHESINS; CTCF; HP1; NIPBL;

MAMMALS; REPAIR;

GENES;

COHESIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NIPBL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; ROBERTS SYNDROME; SISTER CHROMATID; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053959901     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o11-039     Document Type: Review

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