Inheritance of polycomb-dependent chromosomal interactions in Drosophila

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2406-2420

  Bantignies, Frédéric ^a   Grimaud, Charlotte ^a   Lavrov, Sergey ^a,b   Gabut, Mathieu ^a,c   Cavalli, Giacomo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin meiosis; Chromosome pairing; Nuclear architecture; Polycomb group

Indexed keywords

PCG PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRITHORAX GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL B GENE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN PACKAGING; CHROMOSOMAL DOMAIN; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CIS REGULATORY ELEMENT; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTE; FAB 7 ELEMENT GENE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0141706718     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.269503     Document Type: Article

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