Context differences reveal insulator and activator functions of a Su(Hw) binding region.
Insulators are DNA elements that divide chromosomes into independent transcriptional domains. The Drosophila genome contains hundreds of binding sites for the Suppressor of Hairy-wing [Su(Hw)] insulator protein, corresponding to locations of the retroviral gypsy insulator and non-gypsy binding regio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2493044?pdf=render |