More than just an inert dense region

Elife. 2022 Oct 14:11:e83076. doi: 10.7554/eLife.83076.

Abstract

A newly discovered protein helps define a subset of heterochromatin regions that can silence harmful mobile genetic elements in the genome of fruit flies.

Keywords: D. melanogaster; HP1 proteins; chromosomes; gene expression; genetics; genomics; germline biology; heterochromatin formation; piRNA pathway; transposon biology; zinc finger proteins.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / metabolism
  • DNA Transposable Elements / genetics
  • Drosophila / genetics
  • Drosophila / metabolism
  • Drosophila Proteins* / genetics
  • Drosophila Proteins* / metabolism
  • Drosophila melanogaster / genetics
  • Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism
  • Heterochromatin* / genetics
  • Heterochromatin* / metabolism
  • RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism

Substances

  • Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Heterochromatin
  • RNA, Small Interfering