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dSETDB1 and SU(VAR)3-9 sequentially function during germline-stem cell differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster.
PloS one - 21 May 2008
Yoon Jeongheon, Lee Kyu-Sun, Park Jung Sun, Yu Kweon, Paik Sang-Gi, Kang Yong-Kook
Abstract excerpt
Germline-stem cells (GSCs) produce gametes and are thus true "immortal stem cells". In Drosophila ovaries, GSCs divide asymmetrically to produce daughter GSCs and cystoblasts, and the latter differentiate into germline cysts. Here we show that the histone-lysine methyltransferase dSETDB1, located in pericentric heterochromatin, catalyzes H3-K9 trimethylation in GSCs and their immediate descendants. As germline...
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