Characterization of interactions between the mammalian polycomb-group proteins Enx1/EZH2 and EED suggests the existence of different mammalian polycomb-group protein complexes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3586-3595

  Sewalt, Richard G A B ^a   Van Der Vlag, Johan ^a   Gunster, Marco J ^a   Hamer, Karien M ^a   Den Blaauwen, Jan L ^a   Satijn, David P E ^a   Hendrix, Thijs ^a   Van Driel, Roel ^a   Otte, Arie P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031842310     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.6.3586     Document Type: Article

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