A Phase Separation Model for Transcriptional Control

Cell

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 13-23

  Hnisz, Denes ^a   Shrinivas, Krishna ^b,c   Young, Richard A ^a,c   Chakraborty, Arup K ^b,c   Sharp, Phillip A ^c  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

bursting; co operativity; enhancer; gene control; nuclear body; phase separation; super enhancer; transcription; transcriptional burst

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CYTOPLASM; ENHANCER REGION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE; GENE CONTROL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 85015990396     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.02.007     Document Type: Review

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