Short RNAs Are Transcribed from Repressed Polycomb Target Genes and Interact with Polycomb Repressive Complex-2

Molecular Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 675-688

  Kanhere, Aditi ^a   Viiri, Keijo ^a   Araújo, Carla C ^a   Rasaiyaah, Jane ^a   Bouwman, Russell D ^a   Whyte, Warren A ^b,c   Pereira, C Filipe ^d   Brookes, Emily ^d   Walker, Kimberly ^b   Bell, George W ^b   Pombo, Ana ^d   Fisher, Amanda G ^d   Young, Richard A ^b,c   Jenner, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; PROTEINS

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUZ12; PROTEIN XIST; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HISTONES; LYSINE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77953107585     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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