The DNA-binding polycomb group protein Pleiohomeotic mediates silencing of a Drosophila homeotic gene

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3905-3913

  Fritsch, Cornelia ^a   Brown, J Lesley ^b   Kassis, Judith A ^b   Müller, Jürg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; PcG genes; pho; PRE; YY1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; POINT MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032861324     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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