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Polycomb silencing: a standalone construct

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Molecular biology

heritable repression of target genes by Polycomb group complexes that modify histones and compact chromatin.

In molecular biology, Polycomb silencing refers to heritable repression of target genes by Polycomb group complexes that modify histones and compact chromatin. This meaning comes from Simon (2009) in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.[1]

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References

Simon, J. A., & Kingston, R. E. (2009). Mechanisms of Polycomb gene silencing: knowns and unknowns. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 10(10), 697-708. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm2763

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