A role for insulator elements in the regulation of gene expression response to hypoxia

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1916-1927

  Tiana, Maria ^a,b   Villar, Diego ^a   Pérez Guijarro, Eva ^a   Gómez Maldonado, Laura ^a   Moltó, Eduardo ^b,c   Fernández Miñán, Ana ^d   Gómez Skarmeta, Jose Luis ^d   Montoliu, Lluís ^b,c   Del Peso, Luis ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA STRAND; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GYS1 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RUVBL2 GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; DNA HELICASES; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84858387125     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr842     Document Type: Article

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