tDNA insulators and the emerging role of TFIIIC in genome organization

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Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Van Bortle, Kevin ^a   Corces, Victor G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; CTCF; Epigenetics; ETC loci; tRNA genes

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; CONDENSIN; DNA; DNA BINDING INSULATOR PROTEIN; INSULATOR PROTEIN CTCF; NUCLEAR PORE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNAP III TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIC; TRANSFER DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA INSULATOR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

EID: 84872177336     PISSN: 21541264     EISSN: 21541272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/trns.21579     Document Type: Review

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