Stabilization of chromatin structure by PRC1, a polycomb complex

Cell

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-46

  Shao, Zhaohui ^a,b   Raible, Florian ^a,b   Mollaaghababa, Ramin ^b   Guyon, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Wu, Chao Ting ^b   Bender, Welcome ^b   Kingston, Robert E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC STABILITY; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033538578     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80604-2     Document Type: Article

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