General transcription factors bind promoters repressed by Polycomb group proteins

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6847, 2001, Pages 651-655

  Breiling, Achim ^a   Turner, Bryan M ^b   Bianchi, Marco E ^a   Orlando, Valerio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE; INSECT PROTEIN; POLYCOMB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE SILENCING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, INSECT; HISTONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035833726     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35088090     Document Type: Letter

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