Trithorax- and polycomb-group response elements within an Ultrabithorax transcription maintenance unit consist of closely situated but separable sequences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 5189-5202

  Tillib, Sergei ^a   Petruk, Svetlana ^a   Sedkov, Yurii ^a   Kuzin, Alexander ^a   Fujioka, Miki ^a   Goto, Tadaatsu ^a   Mazo, Alexander ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0033067560     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.7.5189     Document Type: Article

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