Chromosomal distribution of PcG proteins during Drosophila development

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 0917-0932

  Nègre, Nicolas ^a   Hennetin, Jérôme ^b   Sun, Ling V ^c   Lavrov, Sergey ^a,d   Bellis, Michel ^b   White, Kevin P ^c   Cavalli, Giacomo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EMBRYONIC ECTODERM DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GIANT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PEBBLED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; POLYCOMB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; POLYHOMEOTIC PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EUCHROMATIN; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HOMEOBOX; MEMORY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33646856965     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040170     Document Type: Article

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