The Drosophila polycomb group gene pleiohomeotic encodes a DNA binding protein with homology to the transcription factor YY1

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1057-1064

  Brown, J Lesley ^a   Mucci, Diane ^a   Whiteley, Mary ^a   Dirksen, Marie Luise ^a   Kassis, Judith A ^a  

^a Center for Biologics Evaluation/Res   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ERYTHROID SPECIFIC DNA BINDING FACTOR; INSECT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PLEIOHOMEOTIC PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; POLYCOMB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE COLOR; GENE; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; EYE COLOR; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YY1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0032087892     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80106-9     Document Type: Article

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