Decoding a Signature-Based Model of Transcription Cofactor Recruitment Dictated by Cardinal Cis-Regulatory Elements in Proximal Promoter Regions

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Benner, Christopher ^a   Konovalov, Sergiy ^b   Mackintosh, Carlos ^b   Hutt, Kasey R ^b   Stunnenberg, Rieka ^b   Garcia Bassets, Ivan ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE SPECIFIC DEMETHYLASE 1; NUCLEAR RESPIRATORY FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CARDINAL MOTIF; EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; NUCLEAR RESPIRATORY FACTOR 1; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84888236503     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003906     Document Type: Article

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