Polycomb and trithorax group proteins mediate the function of a chromatin insulator

Cell

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 511-521

  Gerasimova, Tatiana I ^a   Corces, Victor G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032548927     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80944-7     Document Type: Article

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