The human polycomb group complex associates with pericentromeric heterochromatin to form a novel nuclear domain

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 887-898

  Saurin, Andrew J ^a   Shiels, Carol ^a   Williamson, Jill ^a   Satijn, David P E ^b   Otte, Arie P ^b   Sheer, Denise ^a   Freemont, Paul S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centromere; Heterochromatin; Polycomb group; Repression; RING finger protein

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME 1Q; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; KINETOCHORES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0032563598     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.4.887     Document Type: Article

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