RNAi-independent role for argonaute2 in CTCF/CP190 chromatin insulator function

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1686-1701

  Moshkovich, Nellie ^a,b   Nisha, Parul ^a   Boyle, Patrick J ^a   Thompson, Brandi A ^a   Dale, Ryan K ^a   Lei, Elissa P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ChIP seq; Chromatin; Drosophila; Insulator; Nuclear organization; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; CP190 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA; RNAI; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EUCHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 84860388943     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.16651211     Document Type: Article

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