Polycomb in Transcriptional Phase Transition of Developmental Genes

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-19

  Kondo, Takashi ^a,b,c   Ito, Shinsuke ^a   Koseki, Haruhiko ^a,b  

^a Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN PCG; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHROMATIN;

CELL LINEAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84952639359     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.11.005     Document Type: Review

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