Chromatin insulators and topological domains: Adding new dimensions to 3D genome architecture

Genes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 790-811

  Matharu, Navneet K ^a   Ahanger, Sajad H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Architectural proteins; Chromatin architecture; Insulators; TAD boundaries

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC PLASTICITY; HUMAN; INSULATOR ELEMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL GENOME ARCHITECTURE; TOPOLOGICAL DOMAIN;

EID: 84940975698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes6030790     Document Type: Review

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