Genomic approaches towards finding cis-regulatory modules in animals

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 469-483

  Hardison, Ross C ^a   Taylor, James ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOGENIC FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIS REGULATORY MODULE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863890567     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3242     Document Type: Review

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