Mapping Open Chromatin with Formaldehyde-Assisted Isolation of Regulatory Elements

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 791, Issue , 2011, Pages 287-296

  Nammo, Takao ^a   Rodríguez Seguí, Santiago A ^a   Ferrer, Jorge ^a  

^a ALBA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epigenetics; FAIRE; Gene transcription; High throughput sequencing; Open chromatin; Pancreatic islets

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; FRACTIONATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASOUND;

CELL LINE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHLOROFORM; CHROMATIN; DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; PHENOL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SONICATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 80054764373     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-316-5_21     Document Type: Chapter

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