Antagonism between MES-4 and Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Promotes Appropriate Gene Expression in C. elegans Germ Cells

Cell Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1169-1177

  Gaydos, Laura J ^a   Rechtsteiner, Andreas ^a   Egelhofer, Thea A ^a   Carroll, Coleen R ^b,c   Strome, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIT Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MES 2 PROTEIN; MES 3 PROTEIN; MES 4 PROTEIN; MES 6 PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GERM CELL; HISTONE METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; GERM CELLS; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; X CHROMOSOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84870401386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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