The iab-7 Polycomb response element maps to a nucleosome-free region of chromatin and requires both GAGA and Pleiohomeotic for silencing activity

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1311-1318

  Mishra, R K ^a   Mihaly, J ^a   Barges, S ^a   Spierer, A ^a   Karch, F ^a   Hagstrom, K ^a   Schweinsberg, S E ^a   Schedl, P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; SILENCER GENE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE COLOR; GENE SILENCING; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEOSOMES; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035146753     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.4.1311-1318.2001     Document Type: Article

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