Molecular and genetic analysis of the Polycomb group gene Sex combs extra/Ring in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 949-954

  Fritsch, Cornelia ^a,b   Beuchle, Dirk ^b   Müller, Jürg ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Polycomb; PRC1; Ring1; Sex combs extra; Silencing

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN RING; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX COMBS EXTRA GENE;

DROSOPHILA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041829099     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(03)00083-2     Document Type: Article

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