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A histone variant, H2AvD, is essential in Drosophila melanogaster.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Jun 1992
van Daal A, Elgin S C
Abstract excerpt
H2AvD, a Drosophila melanogaster histone variant of the H2A.Z class, is encoded by a single copy gene in the 97CD region of the polytene chromosomes. Northern analysis shows that the transcript is expressed in adult females and is abundant throughout the first 12 h of embryogenesis but then decreases. The H2AvD protein is present at essentially constant levels in all developmental stages. Using D. melanogaster...
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