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Gene Regulation & Development Section

of the Laboratory of Cellular & Developmental Biology

Ann Dean. Ann Dean, Ph.D.

Section Chief

ann.dean@nih.gov
A group of molecular biologists studying nuclear organization and chromatin structure to learn about how gene transcriptional regulators such as enhancers and insulators function.
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Long noncoding RNA GATA2AS influences human erythropoiesis by transcription factor and chromatin landscape modulation.
Liu G, Kim J, Nguyen N, Zhou L, Dean A.
Blood (2024 May 30) 143:2300-2313. Abstract/Full Text
An enhancer RNA recruits KMT2A to regulate transcription of Myb.
Kim J, Diaz LF, Miller MJ, Leadem B, Krivega I, Dean A.
Cell Rep (2024 Jul 23) 43:114378. Abstract/Full Text
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Last Reviewed April 2025