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.
© 2022, Akkouche and Brasset.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / metabolism
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DNA Transposable Elements / genetics
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Drosophila / genetics
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Drosophila / metabolism
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Drosophila Proteins* / genetics
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Drosophila Proteins* / metabolism
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Drosophila melanogaster / genetics
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Drosophila melanogaster / metabolism
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Heterochromatin* / genetics
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Heterochromatin* / metabolism
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RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism
Substances
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Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
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DNA Transposable Elements
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Drosophila Proteins
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Heterochromatin
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RNA, Small Interfering