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Insulator a skos:Concept, RegulatoryClass

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skos:definition A regulatory region that 1) when located between a CM and a gene's promoter prevents the CRM from modulating that genes expression and 2) acts as a chromatin boundary element or barrier that can block the encroachment of condensed chromatin from an adjacent region.
ddbjLabel insulator
skos:exactMatch http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SO_0000627
skos:exactMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1471601