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The Role Of The Suppressor Of Hairy-Wing Insulator Protein In Chromatin Organization And Expression Of Transposable Elements In Drosophila Melanogaster, Heather Anne Wallace
The Role Of The Suppressor Of Hairy-Wing Insulator Protein In Chromatin Organization And Expression Of Transposable Elements In Drosophila Melanogaster, Heather Anne Wallace
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ABSTRACT Chromatin insulators are required for proper temporal and spatial expression of genes in metazoans. Insulators are thought to play an important role in the regulation of gene expression through the formation of higher-order chromatin structures. One of the best characterized insulators is the Drosophila gypsy insulator, which is located in the gypsy retrovirus. Several proteins are required for gypsy insulator function, including Su(Hw), Mod(mdg4), and CP190. In addition to the gypsy insulator, these proteins are located throughout the genome at sites which are thought to correspond to endogenous insulators. Analysis of the distribution of insulator proteins across a region …