Probes for chromatin accessibility in the Drosophila bithorax complex respond differently to Polycomb-mediated repression

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 569-580

  McCall, Kimberly ^a,b   Bender, Welcome ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bithorax complex; Chromatin; Drosophiln; Gene repression; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MATING; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030024356     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00389.x     Document Type: Article

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