Cellular memory of transcriptional states by polycomb-group proteins

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-235

  Jacobs, Jacqueline J L ^a   Van Lohuizen, Maarten ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cellular memory; Chromatin; Homeotic transformations; Polycomb group; Proliferation defects

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEINS; POLYCOMB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033110811     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1999.0304     Document Type: Article

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