ESC, ESCL and their roles in Polycomb Group mechanisms

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 125, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 527-541

  Ohno, Katsuhito ^a   McCabe, Donna ^a   Czermin, Birgit ^b   Imhof, Axel ^b   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; esc; escl; Histone H3; Histone methyltransferase; Hox genes; Lysine 27; Polycomb Group

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN ESC; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN ESCL; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 41949089616     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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