A Polycomb complex remains bound through DNA replication in the absence of other eukaryotic proteins

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lengsfeld, Bettina M ^a   Berry, Kayla N ^a   Ghosh, Sharmistha ^b,c   Takahashi, Masateru ^b,d   Francis, Nicole J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HELICASE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING COMPETITION; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; PLASMIDS; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84867000925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00661     Document Type: Article

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