Architectural and functional diversity of Polycomb group response elements in Drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 407-419

  Brown, J Lesley ^a   Kassis, Judith A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT GENOME; NONHUMAN; POLYCOMB GROUP RESPONSE ELEMENT; POLYCOMB GROUP RESPONSE ELEMENT 1; POLYCOMB GROUP RESPONSE ELEMENT 2; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

POLYCOMB; POLYCOMB GROUP RESPONSE ELEMENTS (PRES); TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84884957960     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.153247     Document Type: Article

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