Transcription through enhancers suppresses their activity in Drosophila

Epigenetics and Chromatin

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Erokhin, Maksim ^a,b   Davydova, Anna ^a   Parshikov, Alexander ^a   Studitsky, Vasily M ^a,c   Georgiev, Pavel ^a,b   Chetverina, Darya ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b LIA 1066   (Russian Federation)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin enhancer; Enhancer suppression; Pass through transcription; Transcription interference; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 84884962472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-8935-6-31     Document Type: Article

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