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Histone modification and the control of heterochromatic gene silencing in Drosophila.
Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology - 1 Jan 2006
Ebert Anja, Lein Sandro, Schotta Gunnar, Reuter Gunter
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Covalent modifications of histones index structurally and functionally distinct chromatin domains in eukaryotic nuclei. Drosophila with its polytene chromosomes and developed genetics allows detailed cytological as well as functional analysis of epigenetic histone modifications involved in the control of gene expression pattern during development. All H3K9 mono- and dimethylation together with all H3K27...
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