Mechanisms of HP1-mediated gene silencing in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3571-3580

  Danzer, John R ^a   Wallrath, Lori L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Drosophila; Gene silencing; Heterochromatin Protein 1; HP1

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPORTER GENE; TELOMERE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HISTONES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 4444244496     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01223     Document Type: Article

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