HP1a, Su(var)3-9, SETDB1 and POF stimulate or repress gene expression depending on genomic position, gene length and expression pattern in Drosophila melanogaster

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4481-4494

  Lundberg, Lina E ^a   Stenberg, Per ^a   Larsson, Jan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1A; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN POF; PROTEIN SETDB1; SU(VAR)3-9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, INSECT; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84877308779     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt158     Document Type: Article

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