Polycomb group repression reduces DNA accessibility

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 6585-6597

  Fitzgerald, D P ^a   Bender, W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EPISOME; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0034805364     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.19.6585-6597.2001     Document Type: Article

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