The trithorax group and Pc group proteins are differentially involved in heterochromatin formation in Drosophila.

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Published in Chromosoma on September 07, 2007

Authors

Laura Fanti1, Barbara Perrini, Lucia Piacentini, Maria Berloco, Enzo Marchetti, Gioacchino Palumbo, Sergio Pimpinelli

Author Affiliations

1: Istituto Pasteur, Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia molecolare, Università La Sapienza, 00185, Rome, Italy. laura.fanti@uniroma1.it

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