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Investigation of the properties of non-gypsy suppressor of hairy-wing-binding sites.
Genetics - 1 Jul 2008
Kuhn-Parnell Emily J, Helou Cecilia, Marion David J, Gilmore Brian L, Parnell Timothy J, Wold Marc S, Geyer Pamela K
Abstract excerpt
Insulators define interactions between transcriptional control elements in eukaryotic genomes. The gypsy insulator found in the gypsy retrovirus binds the zinc-finger Suppressor of Hairy-wing [Su(Hw)] protein that associates with hundreds of non-gypsy regions throughout the Drosophila genome. Models of insulator function predict that the gypsy insulator forms chromatin loop domains through interactions with...
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