DNA binding by polycomb-group proteins: searching for the link to CpG islands

BM Owen, C Davidovich - Nucleic Acids Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Polycomb group proteins predominantly exist in polycomb repressive complexes (PRCs)
that cooperate to maintain the repressed state of thousands of cell-type-specific genes …

Transcriptional regulation by Polycomb group proteins

L Di Croce, K Helin - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2013 - nature.com
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are epigenetic regulators of transcription that have key roles
in stem-cell identity, differentiation and disease. Mechanistically, they function within …

[HTML][HTML] One, two, three: Polycomb proteins hit all dimensions of gene regulation

S Del Prete, P Mikulski, D Schubert, V Gaudin - Genes, 2015 - mdpi.com
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins contribute to the formation and maintenance of a specific
repressive chromatin state that prevents the expression of genes in a particular space and …

Molecular architecture of polycomb repressive complexes

EC Chittock, S Latwiel, TCR Miller… - Biochemical Society …, 2017 - portlandpress.com
The polycomb group (PcG) proteins are a large and diverse family that epigenetically
repress the transcription of key developmental genes. They form three broad groups of …

Polycomb complexes and epigenetic states

YB Schwartz, V Pirrotta - Current opinion in cell biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Important advances in the study of Polycomb Group (PcG) complexes in the past two years
have focused on the role of this repressive system in programing the genome. Genome-wide …

Gene repression by Polycomb group protein complexes: a distinct complex for every occasion?

AP Otte, THJ Kwaks - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2003 - Elsevier
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins play important roles in maintaining the repressed
transcriptional state of genes. PcG proteins operate as part of Polycomb repressive …

Polycomb group proteins: repression in 3D

F Bantignies, G Cavalli - Trends in Genetics, 2011 - cell.com
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are well-conserved chromatin factors that repress the
transcription of their target genes. They bind to the genome at specific sites and act on …

Structure and function of an ectopic Polycomb chromatin domain

S De, Y Cheng, M Sun, ND Gehred, JA Kassis - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
Polycomb group proteins (PcGs) drive target gene repression and form large chromatin
domains. In Drosophila, DNA elements known as Polycomb group response elements …

Analysis of a polycomb group protein defines regions that link repressive activity on nucleosomal templates to in vivo function

IFG King, RB Emmons, NJ Francis, B Wild… - … and cellular biology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Polycomb group (PcG) genes propagate patterns of transcriptional repression throughout
development. The products of several such genes are part of Polycomb repressive complex …

Propagation of silencing: recruitment and repression of naive chromatin in trans by Polycomb repressed chromatin

M Lavigne, NJ Francis, IFG King, RE Kingston - Molecular cell, 2004 - cell.com
The Polycomb group (PcG) proteins maintain stable and heritable repression of homeotic
genes. Typically, Polycomb response elements (PRE) that direct PcG repression are located …