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Evolutionarily conserved E(y)2/Sus1 protein is essential for the barrier activity of Su(Hw)-dependent insulators in Drosophila.
Molecular cell - 20 Jul 2007
Kurshakova Maria, Maksimenko Oksana, Golovnin Anton, Pulina Maria, Georgieva Sofia, Georgiev Pavel, Krasnov Aleksey
Abstract excerpt
Chromatin insulators affect interactions between promoters and enhancers/silencers and function as barriers for spreading of repressive chromatin. The Su(Hw) protein is responsible for activity of the best-studied Drosophila insulators. Here we demonstrate that an evolutionarily conserved protein, E(y)2/Sus1, is recruited to the Su(Hw) insulators via binding to the zinc-finger domain of Su(Hw). Partial...
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