Master transcription factors and mediator establish super-enhancers at key cell identity genes

Cell

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-319

  Whyte, Warren A ^a   Orlando, David A ^a   Hnisz, Denes ^a   Abraham, Brian J ^a   Lin, Charles Y ^a,b   Kagey, Michael H ^a   Rahl, Peter B ^a   Lee, Tong Ihn ^a,c   Young, Richard A ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84876216563     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.03.035     Document Type: Article

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