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Gene Regulation & Development Section

of the Laboratory of Cellular & Developmental Biology

Ann Dean.
A group of molecular biologists studying nuclear organization and chromatin structure to learn about how gene transcriptional regulators such as enhancers and insulators function.
About Our Research

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LDB1 regulates gene expression and chromatin structure in pluripotency and lineage differentiation.
Kwon H, Kim J, Zhou L, Dean A.
Nucleic Acids Res (2026 Jan 22) 54. Abstract/Full Text
Chromatin-Associated RNAs Regulate Gene Expression and Chromatin Structure.
Xie B, Dean A.
Noncoding RNA (2025 Sep 12) 11. Abstract/Full Text
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Last Reviewed April 2025