CTCF and Cohesin in Genome Folding and Transcriptional Gene Regulation

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-43

  Merkenschlager, Matthias ^a   Nora, Elphege P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome conformation capture; cohesin; CTCF; gene regulation; genome folding; loop extrusion; TAD

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME FOLDING; GERMLINE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84984905591     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: 1545293X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083115-022339     Document Type: Review

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