Functional sub-division of the Drosophila genome via chromatin looping: The emerging importance of CP190

Nucleus (United States)

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-122

  Ahanger, Sajad H ^a,b   Shouche, Yogesh S ^a   Mishra, Rakesh K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chromatin organization; CP190; Insulators; Long range interactions

Indexed keywords

CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN 190; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HELICASE; HISTONE H3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; GENOME; INSULATOR ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION; CP190; INSULATORS; LONG-RANGE INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENOME, INSECT; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875877761     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.23389     Document Type: Review

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