Systematic mapping of occluded genes by cell fusion reveals prevalence and stability of cis-mediated silencing in somatic cells

Genome Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-280

  Looney, Timothy J ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Chen, Chih Hsin ^a   Lee, Jae Hyun ^a   Chari, Sheila ^a   Mao, Frank Fuxiang ^a,b   Pelizzola, Mattia ^c   Zhang, Lu ^d   Lister, Ryan ^c   Baker, Samuel W ^a   Fernandes, Croydon J ^a   Gaetz, Jedidiah ^a   Foshay, Kara M ^a   Clift, Kayla L ^a   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a   Li, Wei Qiang ^b   Vallender, Eric J ^e   Wagner, Ulrich ^f   Qin, Jane Yuxia ^a   Michelini, Katelyn J ^a   Bugarija, Branimir ^a   Park, Donghyun ^a   Aryee, Emmanuel ^a   Stricker, Thomas ^g   Zhou, Jie ^g   White, Kevin P ^g   Ren, Bing ^f   Schroth, Gary P ^d   Ecker, Joseph R ^c   Xiang, Andy Peng ^b   Lahn, Bruce T ^a,b,h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h Taicang Institute for Life Sciences Information   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; DEACETYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILENT GENE; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HISTONES; MICE; RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893684609     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.143891.112     Document Type: Article

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