Mechanisms of transcriptional memory

被引:304
作者
Francis, NJ
Kingston, RE [1 ]
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[1] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Mol Biol, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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10.1038/35073039
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
How can the same gene remember that it is 'off' in one cell lineage and 'on' in another? Studies of how homeotic genes are regulated in Drosophila melanogaster have uncovered a transcriptional maintenance system, encoded by the Polycomb and trithorax group genes, that preserves expression patterns across development. Here we try to formulate a broad framework for the types of molecular mechanism used by the Polycomb and trithorax proteins.
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页码:409 / 421
页数:13
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