Direct Chromatin PCR (DC-PCR): Hypotonic Conditions Allow Differentiation of Chromatin States during Thermal Cycling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Vatolin, Sergei ^a   Khan, Shahper N ^a   Reu, Frederic J ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CD34 GENE; CDKN2A GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITOMETRY; DIRECT CHROMATIN POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; EPIGENETICS; FOSB GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRF4 GENE; MYELOMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; PU.1 GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLUBILIZATION; THERMAL CYCLING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD CELL;

ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FETAL BLOOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; NF-KAPPA B; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA POLYMERASE II; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84866324512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044690     Document Type: Article

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