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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA (US);
Richard A. Young, Boston, MA (US);
Abraham S. Weintraub, Somerville, MA (US);
Charles H. Li, Waban, MA (US);
Alla A. Sigova, Newton, MA (US);
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to methods of modulating the expression of one or more genes in a cell by modulating the multimerization of a transcription factor and/or modulating the formation of enhancer-promoter DNA loops, and thereby modulating the expression of the one or more genes. The invention also relates to treating diseases and conditions involving aberrant gene expression by modulating the multimerization of a transcription factor and/or modulating the formation of enhancer-promoter DNA loops. The invention also relates to methods for screening for compounds that modulate expression of one or more genes in a cell.