The pluripotent regulatory circuitry connecting promoters to their long-range interacting elements

Genome Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 582-597

  Schoenfelder, Stefan ^a   Furlan Magaril, Mayra ^a   Mifsud, Borbala ^b,c   Tavares Cadete, Filipe ^b,c   Sugar, Robert ^c,d   Javierre, Biola Maria ^a   Nagano, Takashi ^a   Katsman, Yulia ^e   Sakthidevi, Moorthy ^e   Wingett, Steven W ^a   Dimitrova, Emilia ^a   Dimond, Andrew ^a   Edelman, Lucas B ^a   Elderkin, Sarah ^a   Tabbada, Kristina ^a   Darbo, Elodie ^b,c   Andrews, Simon ^a   Herman, Bram ^f   Higgs, Andy ^f   LeProust, Emily ^f   Osborne, Cameron S ^a   Mitchell, Jennifer A ^e   Luscombe, Nicholas M ^b,c,g   Fraser, Peter ^a   more..

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^g OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; C57BL MOUSE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM;

MAMMALIA;

CHROMATIN; HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84927763931     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.185272.114     Document Type: Article

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