The Drosophila Brahma complex is an essential coactivator for the trithorax group protein Zeste

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1058-1071

  Arnoud J, Kal ^a,c   Mahmoudi, Tokameh ^a,c   Zak, Naomi B ^b   Verrijzer, C Peter ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brahma; Chromatin; SWI SNF; Transcription; Trithorax group; Zeste

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA TEMPLATE; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

HEXAPODA; MOIRA;

EID: 0343091991     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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