Extensive conservation of sequences and chromatin structures in the bxd Polycomb Response Element among Drosophilid species

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 133-141

  Dellino, Gaetano I ^a   Tatout, Christophe ^a   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Evolutionary conservation; Polycomb silencing

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POLYCOMB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ULTRABITHORAX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DROSOPHILIDAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036005791     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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