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    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 Dec 1;90(23):11376-80.

    The enhancer of position-effect variegation of Drosophila, E(var)3-93D, codes for a chromatin protein containing a conserved domain common to several transcriptional regulators.

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    Institut für Genetik, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle, Germany.

    Abstract

    In Drosophila modifying mutations of position-effect variegation have been successfully used to genetically dissect chromatin components. The enhancer of position-effect variegation E(var)3-93D [formerly E-var(3)3] encodes proteins containing a domain common to the transcriptional regulators tramtrack and the products of the Broad complex. It interacts with a number of chromatin genes that suppress position-effect variegation. Mutations in E(var)3-93D exhibit an imprinting-like effect on the Y chromosome. This effect is transmitted paternally over several generations. Homeotic transformations in E(var)3-93D mutants indicate an involvement of the gene products in regulation of homeotic gene complexes. An antiserum raised against E(var)3-93D protein detects this chromosomal protein in a large subset of sites in polytene chromosomes. Our genetic and molecular data suggest that the proteins of E(var)3-93D are generally involved in establishing and/or maintaining an open chromatin conformation.

    PMID:
    8248257
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC47985
    Free PMC Article

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