Core N., Charroux B., McCormick A., Vola C, Fasano L., Scott M.P., and Kerridge S., 1997. Transcriptional regulation of the Drosophila homeotic gene teashirt by the homeodomain protein Fushitarazu. Mech. Dev. 68: 157-172.
Czermin B., Melfi R., McCabe D., Seitz V., lmhof A., and Pirrotta V., 2002. Drosophila enhancer of Zeste/ESC complexes have a histone H3 methyltransferase activity that marks chromosomal Polycomb sites. Cell 111: 185-196.
Dejardin J., Rappailles A., CuvierO., Grimaud C., Decoville M., Locker D., and Cavalli G., 2005. Recmitment of Drosophila Polycomb group proteins to chromatin by DSP1. Nature 434: 533-538.
Dellino G.I., Schwartz Y.B., Farkas G., McCabe D., Elgin S.C., and Pirrotta V., 2004. Polycomb silencing blocks transcription initiation. Mol. Cell 13: 887-893.
del MarLorente D., Marcos-Gutierrez G., Perez C., Schoorlemmei J., Ramirez A., MaginT., and Vidal M., 2000. Loss- andgain-of-function mutations show a Polycomb group function for RinglA in mice. Development 127: 5093-5100.
de Napoles M., Mermoud J.E., Wakao R., Tang Y.A., Endoh M., Appanah R., Nesterova T.B., Silva J., Otte A.P., Vidal M., et al., 2004. Polycomb group proteins RinglA/B link ubiquitylation of histone H2A to heritable gene silencing and X inactivation. Dev. Cell 7: 663-676.
Ebel C., Mariconti L., and Gruissem W., 2004. Plant retinoblastoma homologues control nuclear proliferation in the female gameto-phyte. Nature 429: 776-780.
Fang J., Chen T.P., Chadwick B., Li E., and Zhang Y., 2004. Ringlb-mediated H2A ubiquitination associates with inactive X chromosomes and is involved in initiation ofX inactivation. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 52812-52815.
Ficz G., Heintzmann R., and Arndt Jovin D.J., 2005. Polycomb group protein complexes exchange rapidly in living Drosophila. Development 132: 3963-3976.
Fischle W., Wang Y., Jacobs S.A., Kim Y., Allis C.D., and Khoras-anizadeh S., 2003. Molecular basis for the discrimination of repressive methyl-lysine marks in histone H3 by Polycomb and HP1 chromodomains. Genes Dev. 17: 1870-1881.
FongY., Bender L., Wang W., and Strome S., 2002. Regulation of the different chromatin states of autosomes and X chromosomes in the germ line of C. elegans. Science 296: 2235-2238.
Francis N.J., Kingston R.E., and Woodcock C.L., 2004. Chromatin compaction by a Polycomb group protein complex. Science 306: 1574-1577.
Francis N.J., Saurin A.J., Shao Z., and Kingston R.E., 2001. Reconstitution of a functional core Polycomb repressive complex. Mol. Cell 8: 545-556.
Gehnng M., Huh J.H., Hsieh T.F., Penterman J., Choi Y., Harada J.J., Goldberg R.B., and Fischer R.L., 2006. DEMETER DNA glycosylase establishes MEDEA Polycomb gene self-imprinting by allele-specific demethylation. Cell 124: 495-506.
Gendall A.R., Levy Y.Y., Wilson A., and Dean C., 2001. The VERNALIZATION2 gene mediates the epigenetic regulation of vernalization in Arabidopsis. Cell 107: 525-535.
Goodrich J., Puangsomlee P., Martin M., Long D., Meyerowitz E.M., and Coupland G., 1997. A Polycomb-group gene regulates homeotic gene expression in Arabidopsis. Nature 386: 44—51.
Grossniklaus U., 2005. Genomic imprinting in plants: A predominantly maternal affair. In Annual plant reviews: Plant epigenet-ics (ed. P. Meyer), pp. 174-200. Blackwell, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Grossniklaus U., Spillane C., Page D.R., and Kohler C., 2001. Genomic imprinting and seed development: Endosperm formation with and without sex. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 4: 21-27.
Grossniklaus U., Vielle-Calzada J.P., Hoeppner M.A., and Gagliano W.B., 1998. Maternal control of embryogenesis by MEDEA, a Polycomb group gene in Arahidopsis. Science 280: 446-450.
Guitton A.E. and Berger F., 2005. Control of reproduction by Polycomb Group complexes in animals and plants. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 49: 707-716.
Hackett W.R, Cordero R.E., and Sinivasan C., 1987. Apical meristem characteristics and activity in relation to juvenility in Hedera, In Manipulation of flowering (ed. J.G. Atherton), pp. 93-99. But-terworth, London.
Hadom E., 1968. Transdetermination in cells. Sci. Am. 219: 110.
Heard E., 2004. Recent advances in X-chromosome inactivation. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. : 247-255.
Hennig L., Bouveret R., and Gruissem W., 2005. MSI 1-like proteins: An escort service for chromatin assembly and remodeling complexes. Trends Cell Biol. 15: 295-302.
Hennig L., Taranto P., Walser M., SchonrockN., and Gruissem W., 2003. Arahidopsis MSI 1 is required for epigenetic maintenance of reproductive development. Development 130: 2555-2565.
Hsieh T.F., Hakim O., Ohad N., and Fischer R.L., 2003. From flour to flower: How Polycomb group proteins influence multiple aspects of plant development. Trends Plant Sci. 8: 439-445.
Jacobs J.J.L., Scheijen B., Voncken J.W., Kieboom K., Bems A., and van Lohuizen M., 1999. Bmi-1 collaborates with c-Myc in tumorigenesis by inhibiting c-Myc-induced apoptosis via INK4a/ARF. Genes Dev. 13: 2678-2690.
Jullien P.E., Katz A., Oliva M., Ohad N., and Berger F., 2006. Polycomb group complexes self-regulate imprinting of the Polycomb group gene MEDEA in Arahidopsis. Curr. Biol. 16: 486-492.
Kagey M.H., Melhuish T.A., and Wotton D., 2003. The Polycomb protein Pc2 is a SUMO E3. Cell 113: 127-137.
Kennison J.A., 1995. The Polycomb and trithorax group proteins of Drosophila: Trans-regulators of homeotic gene function. Annu. Rev. Genet. 29: 289-303.
Kim H.J., HyunY., ParkJ.Y., Park M.J., Park M.K., Kim M.D., Kim H.J., Lee M.H., Moon J., Lee I., and Kim J., 2004. A genetic link between cold responses and flowering time through FVE in Arahidopsis thaliana. Nat. Genet. 36: 167-171.
Kinoshita T., Harada J.J., Goldberg R.B., and Fischer R.L., 2001. Polycomb repression of flowering during early plant development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98: 14156-14161.
Klebes A., Sustar A., Kechris K., Li H., SchubigerG., and Romberg T. B., 2005. Regulation of cellular plasticity in Drosophila imaginal disc cells by the Polycomb group, trithorax group and lama genes. Development 132: 3753-3765.
Klymenko T. and Muller J., 2004 The histone methyltransferases Trithorax and Ashl prevent transcriptional silencing by Polycomb group proteins. EMBO Rep. 5: 373-377.