The bromodomain protein LEX-1 acts with TAM-1 to modulate gene expression in C. elegans

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 278, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 507-518

  Tseng, Rong Jeng ^a   Armstrong, Kristin R ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a,b   Chamberlin, Helen M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene silencing; Repetitive DNA expression; SynMuv genes

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN LEX 1; PROTEIN TAM 1; REPETITIVE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; HETEROZYGOTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 35248888472     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-007-0265-6     Document Type: Article

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