"Locus Control Region" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A regulatory region first identified in the human beta-globin locus but subsequently found in other loci. The region is believed to regulate GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION by opening and remodeling CHROMATIN structure. It may also have enhancer activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D019901
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.080.689.450 G05.360.080.689.450 G05.360.340.024.380.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Locus Control Region- Locus Control Region
- Control Region, Locus
- Control Regions, Locus
- Locus Control Regions
- Region, Locus Control
- Regions, Locus Control
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Locus Control Region" by people in Profiles.
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Testing of buccal swab DNA does not increase the detection rate for imprinting control region 1 hypomethylation in Silver-Russell syndrome. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2011 Oct; 15(10):725-6.
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