Live-cell single-molecule tracking reveals co-recognition of H3K27me3 and DNA targets polycomb Cbx7-PRC1 to chromatin

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Volumn 5, Issue OCTOBER2016, 2016, Pages

  Zhen, Chao Yu ^a   Tatavosian, Roubina ^a   Huynh, Thao Ngoc ^a   Duc, Huy Nguyen ^a   Das, Raibatak ^a   Kokotovic, Marko ^a   Grimm, Jonathan B ^b   Lavis, Luke D ^b   Lee, Jun ^a   Mejia, Frances J ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Yao, Tingting ^c   Ren, Xiaojun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; BMI1 PROTEIN; CBX7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CHROMATIN; DNA; HISTONE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA BINDING MOTIF; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVE CELL SINGLE MOLECULE IMAGING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; SINGLE MOLECULE IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; DNA; HISTONES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 1; PROTEIN BINDING; SINGLE MOLECULE IMAGING;

EID: 84991480387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.17667.001     Document Type: Article

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