Dynamics of Polycomb and Trithorax activities during development

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 781-787

  Soshnikova, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bivalent domains; Chromatin marks; Embryogenesis; Polycomb; PRE; Trithorax

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRITHORAX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79961155020     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20774     Document Type: Review

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