Novel motifs distinguish multiple homologues of <it>Polycomb </it>in vertebrates: expansion and diversification of the epigenetic toolkit

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Polycomb </it>group (PcG) proteins maintain expression pattern of genes set early during development. Although originally isolated as regulators of homeotic genes, PcG members play a key role in epigenetic mechanism t...

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Main Authors: Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, Mishra Rakesh K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/549