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A Method for Characterizing Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis
Published on: August 4, 2017
Progressive dosage compensation during Drosophila embryogenesis is reflected by gene arrangement
Khairunnadiya Prayitno1,2, Tamás Schauer1,3, Catherine Regnard1
1Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
Abstract:
In Drosophila melanogaster males, X-chromosome monosomy is compensated by chromosome-wide transcription activation. We found that complete dosage compensation during embryogenesis takes surprisingly long and is incomplete even after 10 h of development. Although the activating dosage compensation complex (DCC) associates with the X-chromosome and MOF acetylates histone H4 early, many genes are not compensated. Acetylation levels on gene bodies continue to increase for several hours after gastrulation in parallel with progressive compensation. Constitutive genes are compensated earlier than developmental genes. Remarkably, later compensation correlates with longer distances to DCC binding sites. This time-space relationship suggests that DCC action on target genes requires maturation of the active chromosome compartment.
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