Polycomb group genes as the key regulators in gene silencing

Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Su, Shuaikun ^a   Zhang, Min ^b   Li, Lianyun ^a   Wu, Min ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The High Technology Research and Development   (China)

Author keywords

epigenetics; histone modifications; Polycomb; Polycomb repressive complex; transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891891922     PISSN: 10071202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11859-014-0971-y     Document Type: Review

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