The Drosophila Polycomb Group proteins ESC and E(Z) are present in a complex containing the histone-binding protein p55 and the histone deacetylase RPD3

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C. G. Kleer, Q. Cao, S. Varambally, R. Shen, I. Ota, S. A. Tomlins, D. Ghosh, R. G. A. B. Sewalt, A. P. Otte, D. F. Hayes, et al.
EZH2 is a marker of aggressive breast cancer and promotes neoplastic transformation of breast epithelial cells
PNAS, September 30, 2003; 100(20): 11606 - 11611.
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S. Erhardt, I-h. Su, R. Schneider, S. Barton, A. J. Bannister, L. Perez-Burgos, T. Jenuwein, T. Kouzarides, A. Tarakhovsky, and M. A. Surani
Consequences of the depletion of zygotic and embryonic enhancer of zeste 2 during preimplantation mouse development
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Q. Jin, A. van Eynde, M. Beullens, N. Roy, G. Thiel, W. Stalmans, and M. Bollen
The Protein Phosphatase-1 (PP1) Regulator, Nuclear Inhibitor of PP1 (NIPP1), Interacts with the Polycomb Group Protein, Embryonic Ectoderm Development (EED), and Functions as a Transcriptional Repressor
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S. Ayyar, J. Jiang, A. Collu, H. White-Cooper, and R. A. H. White
Drosophila TGIF is essential for developmentally regulated transcription in spermatogenesis
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T. Shimojima, M. Okada, T. Nakayama, H. Ueda, K. Okawa, A. Iwamatsu, H. Handa, and S. Hirose
Drosophila FACT contributes to Hox gene expression through physical and functional interactions with GAGA factor
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L. Hennig, P. Taranto, M. Walser, N. Schonrock, and W. Gruissem
Arabidopsis MSI1 is required for epigenetic maintenance of reproductive development
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T. Brend, J. Gilthorpe, D. Summerbell, and P. W. J. Rigby
Multiple levels of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation are required to define the domain of Hoxb4 expression
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J. Salvaing, A. Lopez, A. Boivin, J. S. Deutsch, and F. Peronnet
The Drosophila Corto protein interacts with Polycomb-group proteins and the GAGA factor
Nucleic Acids Res., June 1, 2003; 31(11): 2873 - 2882.
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N. M. Springer, C. A. Napoli, D. A. Selinger, R. Pandey, K. C. Cone, V. L. Chandler, H. F. Kaeppler, and S. M. Kaeppler
Comparative Analysis of SET Domain Proteins in Maize and Arabidopsis Reveals Multiple Duplications Preceding the Divergence of Monocots and Dicots
Plant Physiology, June 1, 2003; 132(2): 907 - 925.
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F. Tie, J. Prasad-Sinha, A. Birve, A. Rasmuson-Lestander, and P. J. Harte
A 1-Megadalton ESC/E(Z) Complex from Drosophila That Contains Polycomblike and RPD3
Mol. Cell. Biol., May 1, 2003; 23(9): 3352 - 3362.
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J. Gilthorpe, M. Vandromme, T. Brend, A. Gutman, D. Summerbell, N. Totty, and P. W. J. Rigby
Spatially specific expression of Hoxb4 is dependent on the ubiquitous transcription factor NFY
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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
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Y.-H. Moon, L. Chen, R. L. Pan, H.-S. Chang, T. Zhu, D. M. Maffeo, and Z. R. Sung
EMF Genes Maintain Vegetative Development by Repressing the Flower Program in Arabidopsis
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M. Faucheux, J.-Y. Roignant, S. Netter, J. Charollais, C. Antoniewski, and L. Theodore
batman Interacts with Polycomb and trithorax Group Genes and Encodes a BTB/POZ Protein That Is Included in a Complex Containing GAGA Factor
Mol. Cell. Biol., February 15, 2003; 23(4): 1181 - 1195.
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A. Kuzmichev, K. Nishioka, H. Erdjument-Bromage, P. Tempst, and D. Reinberg
Histone methyltransferase activity associated with a human multiprotein complex containing the Enhancer of Zeste protein
Genes & Dev., November 15, 2002; 16(22): 2893 - 2905.
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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.
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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
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J. C. Reyes, L. Hennig, and W. Gruissem
Chromatin-Remodeling and Memory Factors. New Regulators of Plant Development
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S. S. Levine, A. Weiss, H. Erdjument-Bromage, Z. Shao, P. Tempst, and R. E. Kingston
The Core of the Polycomb Repressive Complex Is Compositionally and Functionally Conserved in Flies and Humans
Mol. Cell. Biol., September 1, 2002; 22(17): 6070 - 6078.
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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.
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R. G. A. B. Sewalt, M. Lachner, M. Vargas, K. M. Hamer, J. L. den Blaauwen, T. Hendrix, M. Melcher, D. Schweizer, T. Jenuwein, and A. P. Otte
Selective Interactions between Vertebrate Polycomb Homologs and the SUV39H1 Histone Lysine Methyltransferase Suggest that Histone H3-K9 Methylation Contributes to Chromosomal Targeting of Polycomb Group Proteins
Mol. Cell. Biol., August 1, 2002; 22(15): 5539 - 5553.
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J. Americo, M. Whiteley, J. L. Brown, M. Fujioka, J. B. Jaynes, and J. A. Kassis
A Complex Array of DNA-Binding Proteins Required for Pairing-Sensitive Silencing by a Polycomb Group Response Element From the Drosophila engrailed Gene
Genetics, April 1, 2002; 160(4): 1561 - 1571.
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I. Hogga and F. Karch
Transcription through the iab-7 cis-regulatory domain of the bithorax complex interferes with maintenance of Polycomb-mediated silencing
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S. O'Connell, L. Wang, S. Robert, C. A. Jones, R. Saint, and R. S. Jones
Polycomblike PHD Fingers Mediate Conserved Interaction with Enhancer of Zeste Protein
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				A. V. Pindyurin, C. Moorman, E. de Wit, S. N. Belyakin, E. S. Belyaeva, G. K. Christophides, F. C. Kafatos, B. van Steensel, and I. F. Zhimulev SUUR joins separate subsets of PcG, HP1 and B-type lamin targets in Drosophila J. Cell Sci., July 15, 2007; 120(14): 2344 - 2351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Z. Parrish, K. Emoto, L. Y. Jan, and Y. N. Jan Polycomb genes interact with the tumor suppressor genes hippo and warts in the maintenance of Drosophila sensory neuron dendrites Genes & Dev., April 15, 2007; 21(8): 956 - 972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. Tie, C. A. Stratton, R. L. Kurzhals, and P. J. Harte The N Terminus of Drosophila ESC Binds Directly to Histone H3 and Is Required for E(Z)-Dependent Trimethylation of H3 Lysine 27 Mol. Cell. Biol., March 15, 2007; 27(6): 2014 - 2026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. H. Wilkinson, K. Park, and M. L. Atchison Polycomb recruitment to DNA in vivo by the YY1 REPO domain PNAS, December 19, 2006; 103(51): 19296 - 19301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				T. G. Kahn, Y. B. Schwartz, G. I. Dellino, and V. Pirrotta Polycomb Complexes and the Propagation of the Methylation Mark at the Drosophila Ubx Gene J. Biol. Chem., September 29, 2006; 281(39): 29064 - 29075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. Wang, N. Jahren, M. L. Vargas, E. F. Andersen, J. Benes, J. Zhang, E. L. Miller, R. S. Jones, and J. A. Simon Alternative ESC and ESC-Like Subunits of a Polycomb Group Histone Methyltransferase Complex Are Differentially Deployed during Drosophila Development. Mol. Cell. Biol., April 1, 2006; 26(7): 2637 - 2647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. K. Maeda and F. Karch The ABC of the BX-C: the bithorax complex explained. Development, April 1, 2006; 133(8): 1413 - 1422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Z. Parrish, M. D. Kim, L. Y. Jan, and Y. N. Jan Genome-wide analyses identify transcription factors required for proper morphogenesis of Drosophila sensory neuron dendrites Genes & Dev., April 1, 2006; 20(7): 820 - 835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Canudas, S. Perez, L. Fanti, S. Pimpinelli, N. Singh, S. D. Hanes, F. Azorin, and M. L. Espinas dSAP18 and dHDAC1 contribute to the functional regulation of the Drosophila Fab-7 element Nucleic Acids Res., August 30, 2005; 33(15): 4857 - 4864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. S. Ketel, E. F. Andersen, M. L. Vargas, J. Suh, S. Strome, and J. A. Simon Subunit Contributions to Histone Methyltransferase Activities of Fly and Worm Polycomb Group Complexes Mol. Cell. Biol., August 15, 2005; 25(16): 6857 - 6868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. M. Raaphorst Deregulated expression of Polycomb-group oncogenes in human malignant lymphomas and epithelial tumors Hum. Mol. Genet., April 15, 2005; 14(suppl_1): R93 - R100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				B. Taylor-Harding, U. K. Binne, M. Korenjak, A. Brehm, and N. J. Dyson p55, the Drosophila Ortholog of RbAp46/RbAp48, Is Required for the Repression of dE2F2/RBF-Regulated Genes Mol. Cell. Biol., October 15, 2004; 24(20): 9124 - 9136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. J. Peterson, D. R. Mallin, N. J. Francis, C. S. Ketel, J. Stamm, R. K. Voeller, R. E. Kingston, and J. A. Simon Requirement for Sex Comb on Midleg Protein Interactions in Drosophila Polycomb Group Repression Genetics, July 1, 2004; 167(3): 1225 - 1239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A.-E. Guitton, D. R. Page, P. Chambrier, C. Lionnet, J.-E. Faure, U. Grossniklaus, and F. Berger Identification of new members of Fertilisation Independent Seed Polycomb Group pathway involved in the control of seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana Development, June 15, 2004; 131(12): 2971 - 2981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. Narbonne, F. Besse, J. Brissard-Zahraoui, A.-M. Pret, and D. Busson polyhomeotic is required for somatic cell proliferation and differentiation during ovarian follicle formation in Drosophila Development, March 15, 2004; 131(6): 1389 - 1400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. M. Raaphorst, M. Vermeer, E. Fieret, T. Blokzijl, D. Dukers, R. G.A.B. Sewalt, A. P. Otte, R. Willemze, and C. J.L.M. Meijer Site-Specific Expression of Polycomb-Group Genes Encoding the HPC-HPH/PRC1 Complex in Clinically Defined Primary Nodal and Cutaneous Large B-Cell Lymphomas Am. J. Pathol., February 1, 2004; 164(2): 533 - 542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				N. M. Mulholland, I. F.G. King, and R. E. Kingston Regulation of Polycomb group complexes by the sequence-specific DNA binding proteins Zeste and GAGA Genes & Dev., November 15, 2003; 17(22): 2741 - 2746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. van Driel, P. F. Fransz, and P. J. Verschure The eukaryotic genome: a system regulated at different hierarchical levels J. Cell Sci., October 15, 2003; 116(20): 4067 - 4075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. G. Kleer, Q. Cao, S. Varambally, R. Shen, I. Ota, S. A. Tomlins, D. Ghosh, R. G. A. B. Sewalt, A. P. Otte, D. F. Hayes, et al. EZH2 is a marker of aggressive breast cancer and promotes neoplastic transformation of breast epithelial cells PNAS, September 30, 2003; 100(20): 11606 - 11611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Erhardt, I-h. Su, R. Schneider, S. Barton, A. J. Bannister, L. Perez-Burgos, T. Jenuwein, T. Kouzarides, A. Tarakhovsky, and M. A. Surani Consequences of the depletion of zygotic and embryonic enhancer of zeste 2 during preimplantation mouse development Development, September 15, 2003; 130(18): 4235 - 4248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Q. Jin, A. van Eynde, M. Beullens, N. Roy, G. Thiel, W. Stalmans, and M. Bollen The Protein Phosphatase-1 (PP1) Regulator, Nuclear Inhibitor of PP1 (NIPP1), Interacts with the Polycomb Group Protein, Embryonic Ectoderm Development (EED), and Functions as a Transcriptional Repressor J. Biol. Chem., August 15, 2003; 278(33): 30677 - 30685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Ayyar, J. Jiang, A. Collu, H. White-Cooper, and R. A. H. White Drosophila TGIF is essential for developmentally regulated transcription in spermatogenesis Development, July 1, 2003; 130(13): 2841 - 2852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				T. Shimojima, M. Okada, T. Nakayama, H. Ueda, K. Okawa, A. Iwamatsu, H. Handa, and S. Hirose Drosophila FACT contributes to Hox gene expression through physical and functional interactions with GAGA factor Genes & Dev., July 1, 2003; 17(13): 1605 - 1616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L. Hennig, P. Taranto, M. Walser, N. Schonrock, and W. Gruissem Arabidopsis MSI1 is required for epigenetic maintenance of reproductive development Development, June 15, 2003; 130(12): 2555 - 2565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				T. Brend, J. Gilthorpe, D. Summerbell, and P. W. J. Rigby Multiple levels of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation are required to define the domain of Hoxb4 expression Development, June 15, 2003; 130(12): 2717 - 2728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Salvaing, A. Lopez, A. Boivin, J. S. Deutsch, and F. Peronnet The Drosophila Corto protein interacts with Polycomb-group proteins and the GAGA factor Nucleic Acids Res., June 1, 2003; 31(11): 2873 - 2882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				N. M. Springer, C. A. Napoli, D. A. Selinger, R. Pandey, K. C. Cone, V. L. Chandler, H. F. Kaeppler, and S. M. Kaeppler Comparative Analysis of SET Domain Proteins in Maize and Arabidopsis Reveals Multiple Duplications Preceding the Divergence of Monocots and Dicots Plant Physiology, June 1, 2003; 132(2): 907 - 925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. Tie, J. Prasad-Sinha, A. Birve, A. Rasmuson-Lestander, and P. J. Harte A 1-Megadalton ESC/E(Z) Complex from Drosophila That Contains Polycomblike and RPD3 Mol. Cell. Biol., May 1, 2003; 23(9): 3352 - 3362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Gilthorpe, M. Vandromme, T. Brend, A. Gutman, D. Summerbell, N. Totty, and P. W. J. Rigby Spatially specific expression of Hoxb4 is dependent on the ubiquitous transcription factor NFY Development, March 10, 2003; 129(16): 3887 - 3899. [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]