Genomic Organization of H2Av Containing Nucleosomes in Drosophila Heterochromatin

H2Av is a versatile histone variant that plays both positive and negative roles in transcription, DNA repair, and chromatin structure in Drosophila. H2Av, and its broader homolog H2A.Z, tend to be enriched toward 5′ ends of genes, and exist in both euchromatin and heterochromatin. Its organization a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhang, Zhenhai, Pugh, B. Franklin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124471/