Epigenetic regulation of transcription and possible functions of mammalian short interspersed elements, SINEs

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-29

  Ichiyanagi, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boundary; Methylation; PiRNA; TFIIIC; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR III; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALU SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; EUCHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GERM LINE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84877910548     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 18805779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.88.19     Document Type: Review

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