Complexity of polycomb group function: Diverse mechanisms of target specificity

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 226, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1719-1721

  Trask, Mary C ^a   Mager, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; POLYCOMB GROUP GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955011376     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22395     Document Type: Review

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