Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, February 9th, 2006
"Chromatin insulators are regulatory elements that determine domains of genetic functions. We have previously described the characterization of a 265 bp insulator element, termed sns, localized at the 3' end of the early historic H2A gene of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus," wrote S. Acuto and colleagues, A.O. V. Cervello.
"This sequence contains three cis-acting elements (Box A, Box B, and Box C+T) all needed for the enhancer-blocking activity in both sea urchin and human cells. The goal of this study was to...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2006-02-09)
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