Display Settings:

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Dec;87(24):9923-7.

    Mutation in a heterochromatin-specific chromosomal protein is associated with suppression of position-effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Source

    E. A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO 63104.

    Abstract

    We report here that a point mutation in the gene which encodes the heterochromatin-specific nonhistone chromosomal protein HP-1 in Drosophila melanogaster is associated with dominant suppression of position-effect variegation. The mutation, a G-to-A transition at the first nucleotide of the last intron, causes missplicing of the HP-1 mRNA. This suggests that heterochromatin-specific proteins play a central role in the gene suppression associated with heterochromatic position effects.

    PMID:
    2124708
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC55286
    Free PMC Article

      Supplemental Content

      Icon for HighWire Press Icon for PubMed Central

      Save items

      loading

      Recent activity

      Your browsing activity is empty.

      Activity recording is turned off.

      Turn recording back on

      See more...
      Write to the Help Desk