Spatial genome organization: Contrasting views from chromosome conformation capture and fluorescence in situ hybridization

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 2778-2791

  Williamson, Iain ^a   Berlivet, Soizik ^b   Eskeland, Ragnhild ^a   Boyle, Shelagh ^a   Illingworth, Robert S ^a   Paquette, Denis ^b   Dostie, Joséee ^b   Bickmore, Wendy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3C; FISH; Hox genes; Nuclear organization; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HOX GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STAINING; STANDARDS;

MURINAE;

CHROMATIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MUTATION; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84918510740     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.251694.114     Document Type: Article

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