Regulation of Polycomb group complexes by the sequence-specific DNA binding proteins Zeste and GAGA

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2741-2746

  Mulholland, Niveen M ^a,b   King, Ian F G ^a,b   Kingston, Robert E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

GAGA factor; Long range repression; Polycomb; Zeste

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP COMPLEX; PRC1 CORE COMPLEX; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GAGA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN ZESTE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0344442774     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1143303     Document Type: Article

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