Epigenetic regulation by RARα maintains ligand-independent transcriptional activity

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-115

  Laursen, Kristian B ^a   Wong, Pui Mun ^b   Gudas, Lorraine J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BCL11A GENE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; EPIGENETICS; GAB1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HMGCS1 GENE; MEST GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REF2L GENE; RPL39L GENE; SLC38A4 GENE; STMN2 GENE; TCFAP2A GENE; TEX13 GENE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM A; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIGANDS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84855282492     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr637     Document Type: Article

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