Genome-wide studies of CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) and cohesin provide insight into chromatin structure and regulation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 30906-30913

  Lee, Bum Kyu ^a   Iyer, Vishwanath R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COHESINS; EUKARYOTIC GENOME; IN-BUILDINGS; LONG RANGE INTERACTIONS; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GENES;

COHESIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84866108697     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R111.324962     Document Type: Short Survey

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