Co-localization of Polycomb protein and GAGA factor on regulatory elements responsible for the maintenance of homeotic gene expression

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3621-3632

  Strutt, Helen ^a   Cavalli, Giacomo ^a   Paro, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bithorax complex; Drosophila; GAGA factor; Polycomb; PRE

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMB; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE CULTURE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTENNAPEDIA HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031011613     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.12.3621     Document Type: Article

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