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ArticlePloS one2017

The Drosophila speciation factor HMR localizes to genomic insulator sites.

Thomas Andreas Gerland, Bo Sun, Pawel Smialowski, Andrea Lukacs, Andreas Walter Thomae, Axel Imhof

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas Andreas GerlandBiomedical Center, Histone Modifications Group, Department of Molecular Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Bo SunBiomedical Center, Histone Modifications Group, Department of Molecular Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Pawel SmialowskiBiomedical Center, Histone Modifications Group, Department of Molecular Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Andrea LukacsBiomedical Center, Histone Modifications Group, Department of Molecular Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Andreas Walter ThomaeBiomedical Center, Histone Modifications Group, Department of Molecular Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Axel ImhofBiomedical Center, Histone Modifications Group, Department of Molecular Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2993-8249
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DECenter for Integrated Protein Science Munich · DEBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Munich · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hybrid incompatibility between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans is caused by a lethal interaction of the proteins encoded by the Hmr and Lhr genes. In D. melanogaster the loss of HMR results in mitotic defects, an increase in transcription of transposable elements and a deregulation of heterochromatic genes. To better understand the molecular mechanisms that mediate HMR's function, we measured genome-wide localization of HMR in D. melanogaster tissue culture cells by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Interestingly, we find HMR localizing to genomic insulator sites that can be classified into two groups. One group belongs to gypsy insulators and another one borders HP1a bound regions at active genes. The transcription of the latter group genes is strongly affected in larvae and ovaries of Hmr mutant flies. Our data suggest a novel link between HMR and insulator proteins, a finding that implicates a potential role for genome organization in the formation of species.

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Genetic SpeciationGenome, InsectAnimalsBiodiversityDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsHybridization, GeneticDrosophila ProteinsHmr protein, DrosophilaLhr protein, Drosophila

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PMID28207793
PMCPMC5312933
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