The epigenetic H3S10 phosphorylation mark is required for counteracting heterochromatic spreading and gene silencing in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4309-4317

  Wang, Chao ^a   Cai, Weili ^a   Li, Yeran ^a   Deng, Huai ^a   Bao, Xiaomin ^a   Girton, Jack ^a   Johansen, Jørgen ^a   Johansen, Kristen M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gene silencing; Heterochromatin; JIL 1 kinase; PEV

Indexed keywords

JIL 1 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTERACTING HETEROCHROMATIC SPREADING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC REGULATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL POSITION EFFECTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EYE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSGENES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84863116321     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.092585     Document Type: Article

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