Different polycomb group CBX family proteins associate with distinct regions of chromatin using nonhomologous protein sequences

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 43, 2008, Pages 16572-16577

  Vincenz, Claudius ^a   Kerppola, Tom K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimolecular fluorescence complementation; Embryonic stem cells; Histone modification; Polycomb group transcription factors; Subnuclear localization

Indexed keywords

CBX 2 PROTEIN; CBX 6 PROTEIN; CBX PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; METAPHASE; METHYLATION; NUCLEOSOME; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MICE; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55949121452     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805317105     Document Type: Article

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