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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-12
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A dominant mutation due to the insertion of a P-element at 93E on the third chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster enhances position-effect variegation. The corresponding gene was cloned by transposon tagging and the sequence of the transcript revealed that it corresponds to the gene encoding the transcriptional activator and cell cycle regulator dE2F. The transposon-tagged allele is homozygous viable, and the insertion of the transposon in an intron correlates with a strong reduction in the amount of transcript. A homozygous lethal null allele was found to behave as a strong enhancer when heterozygous. Overexpression of the gene in transgenic flies has the opposite effect of suppressing variegation. A link is established here, and discussed, between the dose of a transcriptional activator, which controls the cell cycle, and epigenetic silencing of chromosomal domains in Drosophila.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Cycle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dp transcription factor, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/E2F Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insect Hormones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/y protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1949-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-E2F Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Eye Color, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Gene Dosage, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Insect Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:8674433-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Position-effect variegation in Drosophila depends on dose of the gene encoding the E2F transcriptional activator and cell cycle regulator.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't