Genomic and chromatin signals underlying transcription start-site selection

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 475-485

  Valen, Eivind ^a   Sandelin, Albin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80054081798     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.08.001     Document Type: Review

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