Identification of Bmi1-interacting proteins as constituents of a multimeric mammalian Polycomb complex

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 226-240

  Alkema, Mark J ^a   Bronk, Marieke ^a   Verhoeven, Els ^a   Otte, Arie ^b   Van 'T Veer, Laura J ^a   Berns, Anton ^a   Van Lohuizen, Maarten ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bmi1; Mph1 Rac 28; Polycomb; polyhomeotic; RING finger; subnuclear localization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031050261     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.2.226     Document Type: Article

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