Chapter 2 Polycomb Group Proteins and Long-Range Gene Regulation

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue , 2008, Pages 45-66

  Mateos Langerak, Julio ^a   Cavalli, Giacomo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 39049151775     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2660(07)00002-8     Document Type: Review

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