Are we there yet? Initial targeting of the Male-Specific Lethal and Polycomb group chromatin complexes in Drosophila

Open Biology

Volumn 4, Issue MARCH, 2014, Pages

  McElroy, Kyle A ^a,b,c   Kang, Hyuckjoon ^b,c   Kuroda, Mitzi I ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin binding; Drosophila; Male Specific Lethal complex; Polycomb group targeting

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN BINDING; DROSOPHILA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; MALE; MALE-SPECIFIC LETHAL COMPLEX; METABOLISM; POLYCOMB GROUP TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CHROMATIN BINDING; DROSOPHILA; MALE-SPECIFIC LETHAL COMPLEX; POLYCOMB GROUP TARGETING;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84901008820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.140006     Document Type: Article

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