Enhancers, enhancers - From their discovery to today's universe of transcription enhancers

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 311-327

  Schaffner, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cell type identity; gene regulation; locus control region; super enhancer; transcription factor; transcriptional enhancer

Indexed keywords

ENHANCEOSOME; DNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTRON; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

ANIMALS; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84924872802     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2014-0303     Document Type: Review

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