Hunchback-independent silencing of late Ubx enhancers by a Polycomb Group response element

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4713-4722

  Poux, Sylvain ^a   Kostic, Corinne ^a   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromatin silencing; Polycomb response elements; Ultrabithorax; Wingless

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; SILENCER GENE;

EID: 0029790427     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00848.x     Document Type: Article

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