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ArticleGenetics2007

A Distinct type of heterochromatin within Drosophila melanogaster chromosome 4.

Karmella A Haynes, Elena Gracheva, Sarah C R Elgin

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Article in Genetics, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. A lot about a little dot - lessons learned from Drosophila melanogaster chromosome 4.Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire · 2009
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Karmella A HaynesDepartment of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.
Elena Gracheva
Sarah C R Elgin

Funding

Formation, Structure and Function in HeterochromatinR01GM068388 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ELGIN, SARAH C.R. · 2003 to 2011
$3.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM068388NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM068388
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of transcriptional gene silencing in Drosophila melanogaster suggest that most of chromosome 4 resembles pericentric heterochromatin. However, some modifiers of position-effect variegation, including chromosome 4 dosage and loss of SU(VAR)3-9, have different effects on silencing in pericentric vs. distal arm chromosome 4 heterochromatin, distinguishing these two heterochromatin types.

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Gene SilencingAnimalsChromosomesDrosophila melanogasterGene DosageHeterochromatinHeterochromatin

Identifiers

PMID17194780
PMCPMC1840055

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