Differentially methylated CpG island within human XIST mediates alternative P2 transcription and YY1 binding

BMC Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chapman, Andrew G ^a   Cotton, Allison M ^a   Kelsey, Angela D ^a   Brown, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative promoter; DNA methylation; DNase hypersensitivity site; Long non coding RNA; RNA FISH; X chromosome inactivation; XIST; YY1

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; PROTEIN BINDING; XIST NON-CODING RNA; YY1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; X CHROMOSOME; XIST GENE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, LONG NONCODING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YY1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84908145469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12863-014-0089-4     Document Type: Article

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