Modulation of the activity of a polycomb-group response element in drosophila by a mutation in the transcriptional activator woc

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 471-478

  Noyes, Amanda ^a   Stefaniuk, Catherine ^a   Cheng, Yuzhong ^a   Kennison, James A ^a   Kassis, Judith A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Polycomb repression; Polycomb response elements; PRE; Woc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867866306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.001230     Document Type: Article

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