Repression of chimeric transcripts emanating from endogenous retrotransposons by a sequence-specific transcription factor

Genome Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Mak, Ka S ^a   Burdach, Jon ^a   Norton, Laura J ^a   Pearson, Richard C M ^a   Crossley, Merlin ^a   Funnell, Alister P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chimeric transcripts; Erythroid; Gene regulation; KLF1; KLF3; KLFs; Retrotransposons; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 1; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 3; PU 1 PROTEIN; PU 2 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL-LIKE FACTOR; KLF3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MESSENGER RNA; RETROPOSON;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EXON; FETUS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROPOSON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; ERYTHROID CELLS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84899618174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2014-15-4-r58     Document Type: Article

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