Mapping and functional characterisation of a CTCF-dependent insulator element at the 3′ border of the murine Scl transcriptional domain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Follows, George A ^a   Ferreira, Rita ^a   Janes, Mary E ^a   Spensberger, Dominik ^a   Cambuli, Francesco ^a   Chaney, Amy F ^a   Kinston, Sarah J ^a   Landry, Josette R ^a   Green, Anthony R ^a   Göttgens, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ONCOPROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TAL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHROMATIN; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MAP17 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SCL GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LIVER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENES, REPORTER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84857760685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031484     Document Type: Article

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