Mechanisms of transcriptional precision in animal development

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 409-416

  Lagha, Mounia ^a   Bothma, Jacques P ^a   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Gene regulatory networks; Paused polymerase; Pioneer factors; Robustness

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HUMANS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863882671     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2012.03.006     Document Type: Review

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