The end in sight

被引：1

作者：

Ahmad, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept BCMP, Boston, MA 02115 USA

来源：

MOLECULAR CELL | 2004年 / 15卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.molcel.2004.08.012

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

The HP1 heterochromatic protein has become an archetypical example of a chromatin protein recruited by binding a specific histone modification. Surprisingly, recent work in Drosophila reveals that the essential function of HP1 is accomplished by another mode of binding.

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