The DNA-binding polycomb group protein pleiohomeotic mediates silencing of a Drosophila homeotic gene

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				T. Mahmoudi, L. M. P. Zuijderduijn, A. Mohd-Sarip, and C. P. Verrijzer GAGA facilitates binding of Pleiohomeotic to a chromatinized Polycomb response element Nucleic Acids Res., July 15, 2003; 31(14): 4147 - 4156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. L. Brown, C. Fritsch, J. Mueller, and J. A. Kassis The Drosophila pho-like gene encodes a YY1-related DNA binding protein that is redundant with pleiohomeotic in homeotic gene silencing Development, March 2, 2003; 130(2): 285 - 294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Mohd-Sarip, F. Venturini, G. E. Chalkley, and C. P. Verrijzer Pleiohomeotic Can Link Polycomb to DNA and Mediate Transcriptional Repression Mol. Cell. Biol., November 1, 2002; 22(21): 7473 - 7483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. Cao, L. Wang, H. Wang, L. Xia, H. Erdjument-Bromage, P. Tempst, R. S. Jones, and Y. Zhang Role of Histone H3 Lysine 27 Methylation in Polycomb-Group Silencing Science, November 1, 2002; 298(5595): 1039 - 1043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. C. Sheldon, A. B. Conn, E. S. Dennis, and W. J. Peacock Different Regulatory Regions Are Required for the Vernalization-Induced Repression of FLOWERING LOCUS C and for the Epigenetic Maintenance of Repression PLANT CELL, October 1, 2002; 14(10): 2527 - 2537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D.-H. Huang, Y.-L. Chang, C.-C. Yang, I-C. Pan, and B. King pipsqueak Encodes a Factor Essential for Sequence-Specific Targeting of a Polycomb Group Protein Complex Mol. Cell. Biol., September 1, 2002; 22(17): 6261 - 6271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				W. Bender and D. P. Fitzgerald Transcription activates repressed domains in the Drosophila bithorax complex Development, January 11, 2002; 129(21): 4923 - 4930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Poux, R. Melfi, and V. Pirrotta Establishment of Polycomb silencing requires a transient interaction between PC and ESC Genes & Dev., October 1, 2001; 15(19): 2509 - 2514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Birve, A. K. Sengupta, D. Beuchle, J. Larsson, J. A. Kennison, A. Rasmuson-Lestander, and J. Muller Su(z)12, a novel Drosophila Polycomb group gene that is conserved in vertebrates and plants Development, September 1, 2001; 128(17): 3371 - 3379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. W. Hodgson, B. Argiropoulos, and H. W. Brock Site-Specific Recognition of a 70-Base-Pair Element Containing d(GA)n Repeats Mediates bithoraxoid Polycomb Group Response Element-Dependent Silencing Mol. Cell. Biol., July 15, 2001; 21(14): 4528 - 4543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]