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Mutations in CG8878, a novel putative protein kinase, enhance P element dependent silencing (PDS) and position effect variegation (PEV) in Drosophila melanogaster.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
McCracken Allen, Locke John
Abstract excerpt
Genes in multicellular organisms are expressed as part of a developmental program that is largely dependent on self-perpetuating higher-order chromatin states. The mechanism of establishing and maintaining these epigenetic events is well studied in Drosophila. The first known example of an epigenetic effect was that of (PEV) in Drosophila, which has been shown to be due to gene silencing via heterochromatin...
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