Discrete Polycomb-binding sites in each parasegmental domain of the bithorax complex

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				I. Biryukova, T. Belenkaya, H. Hovannisian, E. Kochieva, and P. Georgiev The P-Ph Protein-Mediated Repression of yellow Expression Depends on Different cis- and trans-Factors in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics, August 1, 1999; 152(4): 1641 - 1652. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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				E. Taillebourg and J.-M. Dura A novel mechanism for P element homing in Drosophila PNAS, June 8, 1999; 96(12): 6856 - 6861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Voncken, D Schweizer, L Aagaard, L Sattler, M. Jantsch, and M van Lohuizen Chromatin-association of the Polycomb group protein BMI1 is cell cycle-regulated and correlates with its phosphorylation status J. Cell Sci., January 12, 1999; 112(24): 4627 - 4639. [Abstract] [PDF]

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