A domain shared by the Polycomb group proteins Scm and ph mediates heterotypic and homotypic interactions

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 6683-6692

  Peterson, Aidan J ^a   Kyba, Michael ^b   Bornemann, Douglas ^a   Morgan, Kelly ^a   Brock, Hugh W ^b   Simon, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

EID: 0030832045     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.11.6683     Document Type: Article

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