PRC2 binds active promoters and contacts nascent RNAs in embryonic stem cells

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1258-1264

  Kaneko, Syuzo ^a   Son, Jinsook ^a   Shen, Steven S ^a   Reinberg, Danny ^a   Bonasio, Roberto ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RNA;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CROSS LINKING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84887460647     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2700     Document Type: Article

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