Characterization of genome-wide enhancer-promoter interactions reveals co-expression of interacting genes and modes of higher order chromatin organization

Cell Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 490-503

  Chepelev, Iouri ^a   Wei, Gang ^a   Wangsa, Dara ^b   Tang, Qingsong ^a   Zhao, Keji ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3C; ChIA PET; chromatin interactions; enhancers; H3K4me2; promoters

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION;

CHROMATIN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84857781464     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2012.15     Document Type: Article

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