The RUNX2 cistrome in osteoblasts: Characterization, down-regulation following differentiation, and relationship to gene expression

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 16016-16031

  Meyer, Mark B ^a   Benkusky, Nancy A ^a   Pike, J Wesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION;

BINDING MOTIF; BINDING PROFILES; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE NETWORKS; MC3T3-E1 CELL; OSTEOBLASTOGENESIS; POTENTIAL TARGETS; TARGET GENES;

OSTEOBLASTS;

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CISTROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN (C/EBP); CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHIP-SEQ; CHROMATIN HISTONE MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION (CHIP); CISTROME; OSTEOBLAST; RUNX2;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; OSTEOBLASTS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84902207251     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.552216     Document Type: Article

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