A role for the Drosophila SU(VAR)3-9 protein in chromatin organization at the histone gene cluster and in suppression of position-effect variegation

Genetics

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1763-1774

  Ner, Sarbjit S ^a   Harrington, Michael J ^a   Grigliatti, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE H3; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DNA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0036959039     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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