ERNAs Promote Transcription by Establishing Chromatin Accessibility at Defined Genomic Loci

Molecular Cell

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 606-617

  Mousavi, Kambiz ^a   Zare, Hossein ^a   Dell'Orso, Stefania ^a   Grontved, Lars ^b   Gutierrez Cruz, Gustavo ^a   Derfoul, Assia ^a   Hager, GordonL ^b   Sartorelli, Vittorio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOD1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICE; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

EID: 84883756441     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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