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A Novel Saturation Mutagenesis Approach: Single Step Characterization of Regulatory Protein Binding Sites in RNA Using Phosphorothioates
Published on: August 21, 2018
[Dosage compensation in drosophila: sequence-specific initiation and sequence-independent spreading of MSL complex to
Abstract:
For the dosage compensation to occur, genes on the single male X chromosomes in Drosophila must be selectively bound and acetylated by the ribonucleoprotein complex called MSL complex. It remained unknown how such exquisite specificity is achieved, and whether specific DNA sequences were involved. In the present work we demonstrate that it is transcription of the gene on the X chromosome that is important for MSL targeting, irrespective of gene origin and DNA sequence.
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