Sumoylation of Drosophila SU(VAR)3-7 is required for its heterochromatic function

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4254-4262

  Reo, Emanuela ^a   Seum, Carole ^a   Spierer, Pierre ^a   Bontron, Séverine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3 LYSINE 9 METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SUMOYLATION; TELOMERE; UBIQUITINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMAL POSITION EFFECTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; LYSINE; SMALL UBIQUITIN-RELATED MODIFIER PROTEINS;

EID: 77955259642     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq168     Document Type: Article

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