Extreme HOT regions are CpG-dense promoters in C. elegans and humans

Genome Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1138-1146

  Chen, Ron A J ^a   Stempor, Przemyslaw ^a   Down, Thomas A ^a   Zeiser, Eva ^a   Feuer, Sky K ^a   Ahringer, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; HISTONE H3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HISTONE; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGHLY OCCUPIED TARGET REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; HISTONES; HUMANS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84904262426     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.161992.113     Document Type: Article

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