Transcription through the iab-7 cis-regulatory domain of the bithorax complex interferes with maintenance of polycomb-mediated silencing

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4915-4922

  Hogga, Ilham ^a   Karch, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bithorax complex; Boundary; Drosophila; Fab 7; Insulator; Polycomb; Scs; Silencing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036848563     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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