Article
Trans-silencing by P elements inserted in subtelomeric heterochromatin involves the Drosophila Polycomb group gene, Enhancer of zeste.
Genetics - 1 Aug 1998
Roche S E, Rio D C
Abstract excerpt
Drosophila P-element transposition is regulated by a maternally inherited state known as P cytotype. An important aspect of P cytotype is transcriptional repression of the P-element promoter. P cytotype can also repress non-P-element promoters within P-element ends, suggesting that P cytotype repression might involve chromatin-based transcriptional silencing. To learn more about the role of chromatin in P...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Insect
- Heterochromatin
- Insect Proteins