The Drosophila Polycomb group gene Sex comb on midleg (Scm) encodes a zinc finger protein with similarity to polyhomeotic protein

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				D. Bornemann, E. Miller, and J. Simon Expression and Properties of Wild-Type and Mutant Forms of the Drosophila Sex Comb on Midleg (SCM) Repressor Protein Genetics, October 1, 1998; 150(2): 675 - 686. [Abstract] [Full Text]

				T. Belenkaya, A. Soldatov, E. Nabirochkina, I. Birjukova, S. Georgieva, and P. Georgiev P-Element Insertion at the polyhomeotic Gene Leads to Formation of a Novel Chimeric Protein That Negatively Regulates yellow Gene Expression in P-Element-Induced Alleles of Drosophila melanogaster Genetics, October 1, 1998; 150(2): 687 - 697. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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				M. Kyba and H. W. Brock The Drosophila Polycomb Group Protein Psc Contacts ph and Pc through Specific Conserved Domains Mol. Cell. Biol., May 1, 1998; 18(5): 2712 - 2720. [Abstract] [Full Text]

				K Stankunas, J Berger, C Ruse, D. Sinclair, F Randazzo, and H. Brock The enhancer of polycomb gene of Drosophila encodes a chromatin protein conserved in yeast and mammals Development, January 10, 1998; 125(20): 4055 - 4066. [Abstract] [PDF]

				F Tie, T Furuyama, and P. Harte The Drosophila Polycomb Group proteins ESC and E(Z) bind directly to each other and co-localize at multiple chromosomal sites Development, January 9, 1998; 125(17): 3483 - 3496. [Abstract] [PDF]

				D. Sinclair, T. Milne, J. Hodgson, J Shellard, C. Salinas, M Kyba, F Randazzo, and H. Brock The Additional sex combs gene of Drosophila encodes a chromatin protein that binds to shared and unique Polycomb group sites on polytene chromosomes Development, January 4, 1998; 125(7): 1207 - 1216. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M J Alkema, M Bronk, E Verhoeven, A Otte, L J van 't Veer, A Berns, and M van Lohuizen Identification of Bmi1-interacting proteins as constituents of a multimeric mammalian polycomb complex. Genes & Dev., January 15, 1997; 11(2): 226 - 240. [Abstract] [PDF]

				Y Takihara, D Tomotsune, M Shirai, Y Katoh-Fukui, K Nishii, M. Motaleb, M Nomura, R Tsuchiya, Y Fujita, Y Shibata, et al. Targeted disruption of the mouse homologue of the Drosophila polyhomeotic gene leads to altered anteroposterior patterning and neural crest defects Development, January 10, 1997; 124(19): 3673 - 3682. [Abstract] [PDF]

				Y Yamamoto, F Girard, B Bello, M Affolter, and W. Gehring The cramped gene of Drosophila is a member of the Polycomb-group, and interacts with mus209, the gene encoding Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Development, January 9, 1997; 124(17): 3385 - 3394. [Abstract] [PDF]