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The gypsy insulator of Drosophila affects chromatin structure in a directional manner.
Genetics - 1 Dec 2001
Chen S, Corces V G
Abstract excerpt
Chromatin insulators are thought to regulate gene expression by establishing higher-order domains of chromatin organization, although the specific mechanisms by which these sequences affect enhancer-promoter interactions are not well understood. Here we show that the gypsy insulator of Drosophila can affect chromatin structure. The insulator itself contains several DNase I hypersensitive sites whose occurrence is...
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