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Drosophila Heterochromatin Stabilization Requires the Zinc-Finger Protein Small Ovary.

Leif Benner | Elias A Castro | Cale Whitworth | Koen J T Venken | Haiwang Yang | Junnan Fang | Brian Oliver | Kevin R Cook | Dorothy A Lerit
Genetics | 2019

Heterochromatin-mediated repression is essential for controlling the expression of transposons and for coordinated cell type-specific gene regulation. The small ovary (sov) locus was identified in a screen for female-sterile mutations in Drosophila melanogaster, and mutants show dramatic ovarian morphogenesis defects. We show that the null sov phenotype is lethal and map the locus to the uncharacterized gene CG14438, which encodes a nuclear zinc-finger protein that colocalizes with the essential Heterochromatin Protein 1 (HP1a). We demonstrate Sov functions to repress inappropriate gene expression in the ovary, silence transposons, and suppress position-effect variegation in the eye, suggesting a central role in heterochromatin stabilization.

Pubmed ID: 31558581

Associated grants

  • Agency: NCRR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R24 RR014106
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM109938
  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K22 HL126922
  • Agency: NHGRI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R21 HG006726
  • Agency: NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P40 OD018537
  • Agency: NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R21 OD022981
  • Agency: NHGRI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U41 HG000739

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