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Mutations in Drosophila heat shock cognate 4 are enhancers of Polycomb.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Mar 2001
Mollaaghababa R, Sipos L, Tiong S Y, Papoulas O, Armstrong J A, Tamkun J W, Bender W
Abstract excerpt
The homeotic genes controlling segment identity in Drosophila are repressed by the Polycomb group of genes (PcG) and are activated by genes of the trithorax group (trxG). An F(1) screen for dominant enhancers of Polycomb yielded a point mutation in the heat shock cognate gene, hsc4, along with mu...
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