Genetic interactions and dosage effects of Polycomb group genes in mice

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3543-3551

  Bel, Sophie ^a   Coré, Nathalie ^a   Djabali, Malek ^a   Kieboom, Karin ^b   Van Der Lugt, Nathalie ^b   Alkema, Mark J ^b   Van Lohuizen, Maarten ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bmi1; Drosophila; Hox; M33; Mouse; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BONE AND BONES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031754118     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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