The Drosophila polycomb-group gene Enhancer of zeste contains a region with sequence similarity to Trithorax

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 6357-6366

  Jones, Richard S ^a,b   Gelbart, William M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE;

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027445713     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.13.10.6357     Document Type: Article

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