A Drosophila ESC-E(Z) protein complex is distinct from other polycomb group complexes and contains covalently modified ESC

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3069-3078

  Ng, Joyce ^a   Hart, Craig M ^a   Morgan, Kelly ^a   Simon, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033999219     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.9.3069-3078.2000     Document Type: Article

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