Molecular characterization of a human matrix attachment region epigenetic regulator

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Arope, Salina ^a   Harraghy, Niamh ^a   Pjanic, Milos ^a   Mermod, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; METABOLISM; TRANSGENE;

3' FLANKING REGION; 5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGIONS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84893683864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079262     Document Type: Article

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