In situ dissection of the Fab-7 region of the bithorax complex into a chromatin domain boundary and a Polycomb-response element

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				S. Canudas, S. Perez, L. Fanti, S. Pimpinelli, N. Singh, S. D. Hanes, F. Azorin, and M. L. Espinas dSAP18 and dHDAC1 contribute to the functional regulation of the Drosophila Fab-7 element Nucleic Acids Res., August 30, 2005; 33(15): 4857 - 4864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				N. Gruzdeva, O. Kyrchanova, A. Parshikov, A. Kullyev, and P. Georgiev The Mcp Element from the bithorax Complex Contains an Insulator That Is Capable of Pairwise Interactions and Can Facilitate Enhancer-Promoter Communication Mol. Cell. Biol., May 1, 2005; 25(9): 3682 - 3689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Q. Lin, Q. Chen, L. Lin, and J. Zhou The Promoter Targeting Sequence mediates epigenetically heritable transcription memory Genes & Dev., November 1, 2004; 18(21): 2639 - 2651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Schweinsberg, K. Hagstrom, D. Gohl, P. Schedl, R. P. Kumar, R. Mishra, and F. Karch The Enhancer-Blocking Activity of the Fab-7 Boundary From the Drosophila Bithorax Complex Requires GAGA-Factor-Binding Sites Genetics, November 1, 2004; 168(3): 1371 - 1384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. E. Schweinsberg and P. Schedl Developmental modulation of Fab-7 boundary function Development, October 1, 2004; 131(19): 4743 - 4749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. Bantignies, C. Grimaud, S. Lavrov, M. Gabut, and G. Cavalli Inheritance of Polycomb-dependent chromosomal interactions in Drosophila Genes & Dev., October 1, 2003; 17(19): 2406 - 2420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				B. Estrada, F. Casares, A. Busturia, and E. Sanchez-Herrero Genetic and molecular characterization of a novel iab-8 regulatory domain in the Abdominal-B gene of Drosophila melanogaster Development, March 13, 2003; 129(22): 5195 - 5204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Q. Lin, D. Wu, and J. Zhou The promoter targeting sequence facilitates and restricts a distant enhancer to a single promoter in the Drosophila embryo Development, February 1, 2003; 130(3): 519 - 526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. A. Drewell, E. Bae, J. Burr, and E. B. Lewis Transcription defines the embryonic domains of cis-regulatory activity at the Drosophila bithorax complex PNAS, December 24, 2002; 99(26): 16853 - 16858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				G. Rank, M. Prestel, and R. Paro Transcription through Intergenic Chromosomal Memory Elements of the Drosophila Bithorax Complex Correlates with an Epigenetic Switch Mol. Cell. Biol., November 15, 2002; 22(22): 8026 - 8034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. Seum, D. Pauli, M. Delattre, Y. Jaquet, A. Spierer, and P. Spierer Isolation of Su(var)3-7 Mutations by Homologous Recombination in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics, July 1, 2002; 161(3): 1125 - 1136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. G. West, M. Gaszner, and G. Felsenfeld Insulators: many functions, many mechanisms Genes & Dev., February 1, 2002; 16(3): 271 - 288. [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Kmita, B. Tarchini, D. Duboule, and Y. Herault Evolutionary conserved sequences are required for the insulation of the vertebrate Hoxd complex in neural cells Development, January 12, 2002; 129(23): 5521 - 5528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				I. Hogga and F. Karch Transcription through the iab-7 cis-regulatory domain of the bithorax complex interferes with maintenance of Polycomb-mediated silencing Development, January 11, 2002; 129(21): 4915 - 4922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				W. Bender and D. P. Fitzgerald Transcription activates repressed domains in the Drosophila bithorax complex Development, January 11, 2002; 129(21): 4923 - 4930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				I. Bajusz, L. Sipos, Z. Gyorgypal, E. A. Carrington, R. S. Jones, J. Gausz, and H. Gyurkovics The Trithorax-mimic Allele of Enhancer of zeste Renders Active Domains of Target Genes Accessible to Polycomb-Group-Dependent Silencing in Drosophila melanogaster Genetics, November 1, 2001; 159(3): 1135 - 1150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]