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GENES & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 19, Issue 5, Pages 536-541Publisher
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1284605
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Hox genes; polycomb group; knockout mice; spliceosomal proteins
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Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are responsible for the stable repression of homeotic (Hox) genes by forming multimeric protein complexes. We show (1) physical interaction between components of the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (U2 snRNP), including Sf3bl and PcG proteins Zfp144 and Rnf2; and (2) that Sf3b1-heterozygous mice exhibit skeletal transformations concomitant with ectopic Hox expressions. These alterations are enhanced by Zfpl44 mutation but repressed by M11 mutation (a trithorax-group gene). Importantly, the levels of Sf3bI in PcG complexes were decreased in Sf3b1-heterozygous embryos. These findings suggest that Sf3b1-PcG protein interaction is essential for true PcG-mediated repression of Hox genes.
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