Native and recombinant polycomb group complexes establish a selective block to template accessibility to repress transcription in vitro

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 7919-7928

  King, Ian F G ^a   Francis, Nicole J ^a   Kingston, Robert E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NUCLEOSOMES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036839671     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.22.7919-7928.2002     Document Type: Article

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