The three-dimensional genome: Regulating gene expression during pluripotency and development

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 144, Issue 20, 2017, Pages 3646-3658

  Andrey, Guillaume ^a   Mundlos, Stefan ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D chromatin structure; Enhancers; Gene regulation; Non coding mutations; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

CHROMATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 85032014269     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.148304     Document Type: Review

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