Chromatin dynamics in the regulation of CFTR expression

Genes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 543-558

  Gosalia, Nehal ^a,b   Harris, Ann ^a,b  

^a Lurie Children's Research Center   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFTR; Cis regulatory elements; Higher order chromatin organization

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2;

BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CFTR GENE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; INTRON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84937438180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes6030543     Document Type: Review

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