Polycomb response elements mediate the formation of chromosome higher-order structures in the bithorax complex

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1167-1174

  Lanzuolo, Chiara ^a   Roure, Virginie ^b   Dekker, Job ^c   Bantignies, Frédéric ^b   Orlando, Valerio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34848825691     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1637     Document Type: Article

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