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A Functional Element Necessary for Fetal Hemoglobin Silencing
Author(s) -
Vijay G. Sankaran,
Jian Xu,
Rachel Byron,
Harvey A. Greisman,
Chris Fisher,
D. J. Weatherall,
Daniel E. Sabath,
Mark Groudine,
Stuart H. Orkin,
Anuja Premawardhena,
M. A. Bender
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1103070
Subject(s) - intergenic region , biology , locus (genetics) , gene silencing , genetics , chromatin , globin , fetal hemoglobin , regulatory sequence , gene , breakpoint , chromatin immunoprecipitation , microbiology and biotechnology , regulation of gene expression , promoter , gene expression , fetus , genome , pregnancy , chromosomal translocation
An improved understanding of the regulation of the fetal hemoglobin genes holds promise for the development of targeted therapeutic approaches for fetal hemoglobin induction in the β-hemoglobinopathies. Although recent studies have uncovered trans-acting factors necessary for this regulation, limited insight has been gained into the cis-regulatory elements involved.

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