Gene regulation at a distance: From remote enhancers to 3D regulatory ensembles

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-67

  Spitz, François ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

3D chromatin organization; Distant enhancers; Enhancer promoter specificity

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COHESIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

BETA THALASSEMIA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; LIMB DEFORMITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84981331875     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.06.017     Document Type: Review

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