Long-range control of gene expression edited by Veronica van Heyningen, Robert E. Hill. - Amsterdam Boston Elsevier Academic Press c2008 - xv, 399 p. ill. 24 cm. - Advances in genetics v. 61 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chromatin structure and the regulation of gene expression: the lessons of PEV in Drosophila Polycomb group proteins and long-range gene regulation Evolution of cis-regulatory sequences in Drosophila [Beta] -globin regulation and long-range interactions Long-range regulation of [alpha] -globin gene expression Global control regions and regulatory landscapes in vertebrate development and evolution Regulation of imprinting in clusters: noncoding RNAs versus insulators Genomic imprinting and imprinting defects in humans Epigenetic gene regulation in cancer Genomic identification of regulatory elements by evolutionary sequence comparison and functional analysis Regulatory variation and evolution: implications for disease Organization of conserved elements near key developmental regulators in vertebrate genomes Long-range gene control and genetic disease Jack R. Girton and Kristen M. Johansen -- Julio Mateos-Langerak and Giacomo Cavalli -- Pat Simpson and Savita Ayyar -- Robert-Jan Palstra, Wouter de Laat, and Frank Grosveld -- Douglas R. Higgs, Douglas Vernimmen, and Bill Wood -- Francois Spitz and Denis Duboule -- Le-Ben Wan and Marisa S. Bartolomei -- Bernhard Horsthemke and Karin Buiting -- Esteban Ballestar and Manel Esteller -- Gabriela G. Loots -- Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis -- Adam Woolfe and Greg Elgar -- Dirk A. Kleinjan and Laura A. Lettice.

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Gene expression.
Genetic regulation.