Association of trxG and PcG proteins with the bxd maintenance element depends on transcriptional activity

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2383-2390

  Petruk, Svetlana ^a   Smith, Sheryl T ^b   Sedkov, Yurii ^a   Mazo, Alexander ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic regulation; Homeotic genes; Maintenance elements; Polycomb; Trithorax

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRITHORAX GROUP PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; TRANSGENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INDOLES; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 50249121922     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.023275     Document Type: Article

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