A complex chromatin landscape revealed by patterns of nuclease sensitivity and histone modification within the mouse beta-globin locus.

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Published in Mol Cell Biol on August 01, 2003

Authors

Michael Bulger1, Dirk Schübeler, M A Bender, Joan Hamilton, Catherine M Farrell, Ross C Hardison, Mark Groudine

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.

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