Sex-specific role of Drosophila melanogaster HP1 in regulating chromatin structure and gene transcription

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1361-1366

  Liu, Lu Ping ^a   Ni, Jian Quan ^a   Shi, Yan Dong ^a,b   Oakeley, Edward J ^a   Sun, Fang Lin ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; ROLE PLAYING; SEX RATIO; TELOMERE; TRANSGENICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, LETHAL; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEX FACTORS; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 28444497751     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1662     Document Type: Article

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