Telomeric associated sequences of Drosophila recruit polycomb-group proteins in vivo and can induce pairing-sensitive repression

Genetics

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 195-208

  Boivin, Antoine ^b   Gally, Christelle ^c   Netter, Sophie ^d   Anxolabéhère, Dominique ^a   Ronsseray, Stéphane ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PCG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC ASSOCIATED SEQUENCE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0038530976     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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