Polycomb, epigenomes, and control of cell identity

Cell

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 599-606

  Orlando, Valerio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; EXTRA SEX COMBS ENHANCER OF ZESTE PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; POLYCOMB PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 1 PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRITHORAX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE SWITCHING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HETEROCHROMATIN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0037423933     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00157-0     Document Type: Review

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