Sequential changes at differentiation gene promoters as they become active in a stem cell lineage

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2441-2450

  Chen, Xin ^a   Lu, Chenggang ^b   Prado, Jose Rafael Morillo ^b   Eun, Suk Ho ^a   Fuller, Margaret T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Polycomb; Spermatocyte; Spermatogenesis; TMAC; Transcription; TTAF

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPERMATOCYTE; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA POLYMERASE II; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79957640368     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.056572     Document Type: Article

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