The role of polycomb group genes in mitosis in Drosophila melanogaster

In Drosophila, the Polycomb Group (PcG) of epigenetic regulators have classically been studied as chromatin regulatory proteins which maintain the repressed state of Hox genes during development, thereby maintaining the correct patterning of the anteroposterior axis. Though the mechanism of PcG-medi...

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Main Author: O’Dor, Ester
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/18173