Epigenetic Modifications and Chromosome Conformations of the Beta Globin Locus throughout Development

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 397-407

  Chang, Kai Hsin ^a   Fang, Xiangdong ^b,c   Wang, Hao ^a   Huang, Andy ^c   Cao, Hua ^c   Yang, Yadong ^b   Bonig, Halvard ^d   Stamatoyannopoulos, John A ^a   Papayannopoulou, Thalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d German Red Cross Blood Service   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin conformation; Epigenetics; Erythroblasts; Erythroid cells; Fetal liver; Hemoglobin; Histone modifications; Human embryonic stem cells; Peripheral blood

Indexed keywords

MUS MUSCULUS;

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROID CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLOBINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ERYTHROID CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84881616875     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-012-9355-x     Document Type: Article

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