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Term Name | PcG protein complex |
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Term Accession | GO:0031519 |
Aspect | cellular_component |
Synonyms (1) | Polycomb Group protein complex |
Definition | A chromatin-associated multiprotein complex containing Polycomb Group proteins. In Drosophila, Polycomb group proteins are involved in the long-term maintenance of gene repression, and PcG protein complexes associate with Polycomb group response elements (PREs) in target genes to regulate higher-order chromatin structure. |
Comment | None |
Source Ontology Database | The GO browser of Gene Ontology Database |
PMID: | 9372908 |