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ArticleChromosoma2006

Conserved domains control heterochromatin localization and silencing properties of SU(VAR)3-7.

Yannis Jaquet, Marion Delattre, Juan Montoya-Burgos, Anne Spierer, Pierre Spierer

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Article in Chromosoma, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Histone modification and the control of heterochromatic gene silencing in Drosophila.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2006
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yannis JaquetDepartment of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva, 30, quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
Marion Delattre
Juan Montoya-Burgos
Anne Spierer
Pierre Spierer
University of Geneva · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Drosophila protein SU(VAR)3-7 is essential for fly viability, chromosome structure, and heterochromatin formation. We report that searches in silico and in vitro for homologues of SU(VAR)3-7 were successful within, but not outside, the Drosophila genus. Protein sequence homology between the distant sibling species Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilis is low, except for the general organization of the protein and three conserved motives: seven widely spaced zinc fingers in the N-terminal half and the BESS and BoxA motives in the C-terminal half of the protein. We have undertaken a fine functional dissection of SU(VAR)3-7 in vivo using transgenes encoding truncations of the protein. BESS mediates interaction of SU(VAR)3-7 with itself, and BoxA is required for specific heterochromatin association. Both are necessary for the silencing properties of SU(VAR)3-7. The seven zinc fingers, widely spaced over the N-terminal half of SU(VAR)3-7, are required for binding to polytene chromosomes. One finger is necessary and sufficient to determine the appropriate chromatin association of the C-terminal half of the protein. Conferring a function to each of the conserved motives allows us to better understand the mode of action of SU(VAR)3-7 in triggering heterochromatin formation and subsequent genomic silencing.

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Gene SilencingAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsConserved SequenceDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophilaDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEvolution, MolecularHeterochromatinMolecular Sequence DataProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiarySequence AlignmentZinc FingersDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsHeterochromatinSu(var)3-7 protein, Drosophila

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PMID16463146
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