The cramped gene of drosophila is a member of the polycomb-group, and interacts with mus209 the gene encoding proliferating cell nuclear antigen

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3385-3394

  Yamamoto, Yutaka ^a,b   Girard, Franck ^a   Bello, Bruno ^a   Affolter, Markus ^a   Gehring, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cramped; Drosophila; mus209; PCNA; Polycomb group; Silencing

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030804544     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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