Chromatin Insulators: Linking Genome Organization to Cellular Function

Molecular Cell

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-474

  Phillips Cremins, JenniferE ^a,b   Corces, VictorG ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84878188440     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.04.018     Document Type: Review

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