Interaction of mouse polycomb-group (Pc-G) proteins Enx1 and Enx2 with Eed: Indication for separate Pc-G complexes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3572-3579

  Van Lohuizen, Maarten ^a   Tijms, Marieke ^a   Voncken, Jan Willem ^a   Schumacher, Armin ^b   Magnuson, Terry ^b   Wientjens, Ellen ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE REPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031843056     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.6.3572     Document Type: Article

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