Developmentally regulated extended domains of DNA hypomethylation encompass highly transcribed genes of the human beta-globin locus.

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Published in Exp Hematol on May 19, 2009

Authors

Melissa J Lathrop1, Mei Hsu, Christine A Richardson, Emmanuel N Olivier, Caihong Qiu, Eric E Bouhassira, Steven Fiering, Christopher H Lowrey

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Microbiology/Immunology and Genetics, and Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA.

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