Biological implications and regulatory mechanisms of long-range chromosomal interactions

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 22369-22377

  Wei, Zong ^a   Huang, David ^a   Gao, Fan ^a   Chang, Wen Hsuan ^a   An, Woojin ^a   Coetzee, Gerhard A ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Lu, Wange ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; NON-CODING RNAS; NUCLEAR ARCHITECTURE; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

CHROMOSOMES;

ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME NOR; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEAR LAMINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN REGULATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONFORMATION CAPTURE; NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION; NUCLEAR STRUCTURE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; GENOME, HUMAN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LAMINS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84881243373     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R113.485292     Document Type: Review

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