Article
Ers1 links HP1 to RNAi.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Jul 2012
Rougemaille Mathieu, Braun Sigurd, Coyle Scott, Dumesic Phillip A, Garcia Jennifer F, Isaac Richard Stefan, Libri Domenico, Narlikar Geeta J, Madhani Hiten D
Abstract excerpt
Pericentromeric heterochromatin formation is mediated by repressive histone H3 lysine 9 methylation (H3K9Me) and its recognition by HP1 proteins. Intriguingly, in many organisms, RNAi is coupled to this process through poorly understood mechanisms. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the H3-K9 methyltransferase Clr4 and the heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) ortholog Swi6 are critical for RNAi, whereas RNAi stimulates...
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