Chromatin insulator elements block the silencing of a target gene by the Drosophila polycomb response element (PRE) but allow trans interactions between PREs on different chromosomes

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 209-221

  Sigrist, Christian J A ^a   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENCER GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030959781     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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