Diversity of Polycomb group complexes in plants: same rules, different players?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 414-423

  Hennig, Lars ^a   Derkacheva, Maria ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRING1 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE H3; LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; LYSINE; PLANT HOMEODOMAIN FINGER PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 1; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RING FINGER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; EPIGENETICS; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 69449097106     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2009.07.002     Document Type: Review

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