Causal role for inheritance of H3K27me3 in maintaining the off state of a Drosophila HOX gene

Science

Volumn 356, Issue 6333, 2017, Pages

  Coleman, Rory T ^a   Struhl, Gary ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LYSINE; PRC2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; MEMORY;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DILUTION; DROSOPHILA; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HOX GENE; INHERITANCE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POLYCOMB RESPONSE ELEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; ULTRABITHORAX GENE; WING; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85015986106     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aai8236     Document Type: Article

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