GAGA facilities binding of Pleiohomeotic to a chromatinized Polycomb response element

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 4147-4156

  Mahmoudi, Tokameh ^a   Zuijderduijn, Lobke M P ^a   Mohd Sarip, Adone ^a   Verrijzer, C Peter ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NAKED DNA; PROTEIN GAGA; PROTEIN PHO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POLYCOMB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ULTRABITHORAX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ZESTE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BINDING SITE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0242380629     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg479     Document Type: Article

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