Enhancer of Polycomb is a suppressor of position-effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1093/genetics/148.1.211

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Enhancer of Polycomb is a suppressor of position-effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetics - 1 Jan 1998

Sinclair D A, Clegg N J, Antonchuk J, Milne T A, Stankunas K, Ruse C, Grigliatti T A, Kassis J A, Brock H W

Abstract excerpt

Polycomb group (PcG) genes of Drosophila are negative regulators of homeotic gene expression required for maintenance of determination. Sequence similarity between Polycomb and Su(var)205 led to the suggestion that PcG genes and modifiers of position-effect variegation (PEV) might function analog...

Topics

Animals
Chromobox Protein Homolog 5
Chromosomes
Drosophila Proteins
Drosophila melanogaster
Genes, Insect
Genes, Suppressor
Mutation
Phenotype
Restriction Mapping
Suppression, Genetic

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