Characterization of enhancer function from genome-wide analyses

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-57

  Maston, Glenn A ^a,c   Landt, Stephen G ^b   Snyder, Michael ^b   Green, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATHENA DIAGNOSTICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

ChIP Seq; chromatin; location analysis; pioneer factors; poised enhancers and promoters; transcriptional competence

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAL1;

BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84871688165     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: 1545293X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-090711-163723     Document Type: Review

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