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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Polytene interphase chromosomes are compacted into a series of bands and interbands reflecting their organization into independent chromosomal domains. In order to understand chromosomal organization, we set out to study the role of proteins that are selective for interbands. Here we describe the Drosophila melanogaster chromodomain protein Chriz that is coimmunoprecipitated with the zinc finger protein Z4. Both proteins colocalize exclusively to the interbands on Drosophila polytene chromosomes. Like Z4, Chriz is ubiquitously expressed throughout development and is associated with chromatin in all interphase nuclei. Following dissociation from chromatin, early in mitosis Chriz binds to the centrosomes and to the mitotic spindle. Newly induced amorphic Chriz alleles are early lethal, and ubiquitous overexpression of Chriz is lethal as well. Available Chriz hypomorphs which survive until pupal stage have a normal chromosomal phenotype. Reducing Z4 protein does not affect Chriz binding to polytene chromosomes and vice versa. Z4 is still chromosomally bound when Chriz protein is depleted by RNA interference.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0009-5915
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
54-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Centrosome, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Chromosomes, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Interphase, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Mitotic Spindle Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:15821938-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Chriz, a chromodomain protein specific for the interbands of Drosophila melanogaster polytene chromosomes.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't