A novel member of murine Polycomb-group proteins, Sex comb on midleg homolog protein, is highly conserved, and interacts with RAE28/mph1 in vitro

Differentiation

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-239

  Tomotsune, Daihachiro ^a   Takihara, Yoshihiro ^a   Berger, Joel ^b   Duhl, David ^b   Sunghae, Joo ^b   Kyba, Michael ^c   Shirai, Manabu ^a   Ohta, Hideaki ^a   Matsuda, Yoichi ^d   Honda, Barry M ^e   Simon, Jeffrey ^f   Shimada, Kazunori ^a   Brock, Hugh W ^c   Randazzo, Filippo ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Graduate School of Information Science   (Japan)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Homeotic; L(3)mbt; Polycomb group; Polyhomeotic; RAE28 mph1; Scmh1; Sex comb on midleg

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; SERINE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; DATA BASE; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GONAD; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033396834     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1999.6540229.x     Document Type: Article

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