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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Sandeep Wontakal
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-44148 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Lu Xingwu X Wontakal Sandeep N SN Kavi Harsh H Kim Byung Ju BJ Guzzardo Paloma M PM Emelyanov Alexander V AV Xu Na N Hannon Gregory J GJ Zavadil Jiri J Fyodorov Dmitry V DV Skoultchi Arthur I AI
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20130401 6128
Eukaryotic genomes harbor transposable elements and other repetitive sequences that must be silenced. Small RNA interference pathways play a major role in their repression. Here, we reveal another mechanism for silencing these sequences in Drosophila. Depleting the linker histone H1 in vivo leads to strong activation of these elements. H1-mediated silencing occurs in combination with the heterochromatin-specific histone H3 lysine 9 methyltransferase Su(var)3-9. H1 physically interacts with Su(va ...[more]