Transcriptional regulation by Polycomb group proteins

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1147-1155

  Di Croce, Luciano ^a,b   Helin, Kristian ^c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; HISTONE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RNA POLYMERASE II;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMATIN; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84885393469     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2669     Document Type: Review

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