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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Tobias Straub
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12292 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
PLoS genetics 20081212 12
Dosage compensation in male Drosophila relies on the X chromosome-specific recruitment of a chromatin-modifying machinery, the dosage compensation complex (DCC). The principles that assure selective targeting of the DCC are unknown. According to a prevalent model, X chromosome targeting is initiated by recruitment of the DCC core components, MSL1 and MSL2, to a limited number of so-called "high-affinity sites" (HAS). Only very few such sites are known at the DNA sequence level, which has preclud ...[more]