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The Role Of Rapgap1 In Sxl Activation In Drosophila Melanogaster, Katherine M. Barnes
The Role Of Rapgap1 In Sxl Activation In Drosophila Melanogaster, Katherine M. Barnes
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The master switch of the sexual differentiation and dosage compensation pathway in Drosophila is the sex lethal gene, Sxl. The early promoter, SxlPe, is activated in females, resulting in female-specific splicing of later transcripts (notably the late Sxl transcript SxlPm), while inactive in males. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays have previously shown association of two conventionally heterochromatin-localized proteins, HOAP and HP1, at SxlPe, and in situ hybridization as well as RT-PCR assays have confirmed a repressive role for HOAP and both repressive and activating roles for HP1. The mechanism for the activity shift of HP1 is currently unknown. Deletions in the …