Structure of a polycomb response element and in vitro binding of polycomb group complexes containing GAGA factor

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3187-3197

  Horard, Béatrice ^a   Tatout, Christophe ^a,b   Poux, Sylvain ^a   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033996526     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.9.3187-3197.2000     Document Type: Article

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