The Drosophila esc and E(z) proteins are direct partners in polycomb group-mediated repression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2825-2834

  Jones, Clark A ^a   Ng, Joyce ^b   Peterson, Aidan J ^b   Morgan, Kelly ^b   Simon, Jeffrey ^b   Jones, Richard S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0031953839     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.5.2825     Document Type: Article

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