TM6, a novel nuclear matrix attachment region, enhances its flanking gene expression through influencing their chromatin structure

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-137

  Ji, Lusha ^a,b   Xu, Rui ^a   Lu, Longtao ^a,c   Zhang, Jiedao ^a   Yang, Guodong ^a   Huang, Jinguang ^a   Wu, Changai ^a   Zheng, Chengchao ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Clinical Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

Chromatin accessibility; DNA methylation; Matrix attachment regions; Transcription activation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN NTHMGB; PROTEIN NTMBP1; PROTEIN TM6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUSA GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NPTLL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; YEAST;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84892961074     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-013-0092-z     Document Type: Article

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