Initiating RNA polymerase II and TIPs as hallmarks of enhancer activity and tissue-specificity

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Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 263-268

  Koch, Frederic ^a   Andrau, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

CpG islands; Enhancers; RNA polymerase II; Tissue specificity; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84855180224     PISSN: 21541264     EISSN: 21541272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/trns.2.6.18747     Document Type: Article

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