Ectopic HP1 promotes chromosome loops and variegated silencing in Drosophila

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 812-818

  Seum, C ^a   Delattre, M ^a   Spierer, A ^a   Spierer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Heterochromatin; HP1; Position effect variegation

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN HP1; REPETITIVE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0035865437     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.4.812     Document Type: Article

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