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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Main Authors: Alexey A Soshnev, Xingguo Li, Misty D Wehling, Pamela K Geyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2493044?pdf=render