Epigenetic and genetic mechanisms in red cell biology

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 155-164

  Hewitt, Kyle J ^a,b   Sanalkumar, Rajendran ^a,b   Johnson, Kirby D ^a,b   Keles, Sunduz ^b,c   Bresnick, Emery H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

chromatin; cis element; epigenetics; erythropoiesis

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE FUNCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X LINKED SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PHYSIOLOGY;

EPIGENOMICS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84899082535     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0000000000000034     Document Type: Review

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