Loss-offunction afleles of the JIL-1 kinase are strong suppressors of position effect variegation of the wm4 allele in Drosophila

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Lerach, Stephanie [1 ]
Zhang, Weiguo [1 ]
Bao, Xiaomin [1 ]
Deng, Huai [1 ]
Girton, Jack [1 ]
Johansen, Jorgen [1 ]
Johansen, Kristen M. [1 ]
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[1] Iowa State Univ, Dept Biochem Biophys & Mol Biol, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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10.1534/genetics.106.059253
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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In this article we show that hypomorphic loss-of-function alleles of the JIL-1 histone H3S10 kinase are strong suppressors of position effect variegation (PEV) of the w(m4) allele and that lack of JIL-1 activity can counteract the effect of the dominant enhancer E(var)2-1 on PEV.
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