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Interaction of heterochromatin protein 2 with HP1 defines a novel HP1-binding domain.
Biochemistry - 11 Oct 2005
Stephens Gena E, Slawson Elizabeth E, Craig Carolyn A, Elgin Sarah C R
Abstract excerpt
Heterochromatin Protein 2 (HP2) is a nonhistone chromosomal protein from Drosophila melanogaster localized principally in the pericentric heterochromatin, telomeres, and fourth chromosome, all regions associated with HP1. Mutations in HP2 can suppress position effect variegation, indicating a role in gene silencing and heterochromatin formation [Shaffer, C. D. et al. (2002) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.U.S.A. 99,...
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