LDB1建立了多增强器网络来调节基因表达

Nicholas G Aboreden1, Jessica C Lam1, Viraat Y Goel2

  • 1Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Division of Hematology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Molecular cell
|December 25, 2024
PubMed
概括

该研究显示,LDB1是空间连接的关键驱动力,直接促进增强剂和促进剂等监管元素之间的相互作用. 这些LDB1介导的接触在很大程度上独立于其他已知的因素,如CTCF和凝聚力.

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