Understanding how cis-regulatory function is encoded in DNA sequence using massively parallel reporter assays and designed sequences

Genomics

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 165-170

  White, Michael A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis regulation; Enhancers; Genomics; Massively parallel reporter assays

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CIS REGULATORY ELEMENT; DNA BARCODING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MASSIVELY PARALLEL REPORTER ASSAY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PROCEDURES; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84939265529     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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