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Drosophila stem cells share a common requirement for the histone H2B ubiquitin protease scrawny.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 9 Jan 2009
Buszczak Michael, Paterno Shelley, Spradling Allan C
Abstract excerpt
Stem cells within diverse tissues share the need for a chromatin configuration that promotes self-renewal, yet few chromatin proteins are known to regulate multiple types of stem cells. We describe a Drosophila gene, scrawny (scny), encoding a ubiquitin-specific protease, which is required in germline, epithelial, and intestinal stem cells. Like its yeast relative UBP10, Scrawny deubiquitylates histone H2B and...
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