The chromodomain protein, chromator, interacts with JIL-1 kinase and regulates the structure of Drosophila polytene chromosomes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2332-2341

  Rath, Uttama ^a   Ding, Yun ^a   Deng, Huai ^a   Qi, Hongying ^a   Bao, Xiaomin ^a   Zhang, Weiguo ^a   Girton, Jack ^a   Johansen, Jørgen ^a   Johansen, Kristen M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Chromator; Chromodomain; Drosophila; JIL 1 kinase

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOR; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; JIL 1 KINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 33745507605     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02960     Document Type: Article

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