Comparison of REST Cistromes across Human Cell Types Reveals Common and Context-Specific Functions

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Rockowitz, Shira ^a   Lien, Wen Hui ^b   Pedrosa, Erika ^a   Wei, Gang ^c   Lin, Mingyan ^a   Zhao, Keji ^c   Lachman, Herbert M ^a   Fuchs, Elaine ^b   Zheng, Deyou ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELLS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

CD4 T-CELLS; CELL TYPES; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; GENES EXPRESSION; HUMAN CELLS; NEURONAL CELL; NEURONAL SYSTEMS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FUNCTIONS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR;

NEURONS;

MICRORNA; RE1 SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; RE1-SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CISTROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICE; MICRORNAS; NEURONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84903384828     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003671     Document Type: Article

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