Article
Genetic interactions between P elements involved in piRNA-mediated repression of hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 5 Jun 2014
Simmons Michael J, Meeks Marshall W, Jessen Erik, Becker Jordan R, Buschette Jared T, Thorp Michael W
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that telomeric P elements inserted at the left end of the X chromosome are anchors of the P cytotype, the maternally inherited state that regulates P-element activity in the germ line of Drosophila melanogaster. This regulation is mediated by small RNAs that associate with the Piwi family of proteins (piRNAs). We extend the analysis of cytotype regulation by studying new combinations...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromobox Protein Homolog 5
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Gonadal Dysgenesis
- Male
- Mutation
- RNA, Small Interfering
