A new world of Polycombs: Unexpected partnerships and emerging functions

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 853-864

  Schwartz, Yuri B ^a   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; HISTONE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84888001513     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3603     Document Type: Review

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