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SUBMITTER: Leopold K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6499331 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leopold Karoline K Stirpe Alessandro A Schalch Thomas T
Genes & development 20190226 9-10
Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) proteins are key factors of eukaryotic heterochromatin that coordinate chromatin compaction and transcriptional gene silencing. Through their multivalency they act as adaptors between histone H3 Lys9 di/trimethyl marks in chromatin and effector complexes that bind to the HP1 chromoshadow domain. Most organisms encode for multiple HP1 isoforms and the molecular mechanisms that underpin their diverse functions in genome regulation remain poorly understood. In fissio ...[more]