Ring1A is a transcriptional repressor that interacts with the Polycomb-M33 protein and is expressed at rhombomere boundaries in the mouse hindbrain

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 5930-5942

  Schoorlemmer, Jon ^a,d   Marcos Gutiérrez, Camelia ^b   Were, Felipe ^a   Martinez, Rodrigo ^a   Garcia, Emiliano ^a   Satijn, David P E ^c   Otte, Arie P ^c   Vidal, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

M33; Polycomb; Rhombomere boundaries; Ring1A; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3T3 CELLS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842364897     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.19.5930     Document Type: Article

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