The effects of two mutations connected with chromatin functions on female germ-line cells of Drosophila |
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Authors: | János Szabad Günter Reuter and Max-Bernhard Schr?der |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 521, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary;(2) Department of Genetics, Martin-Luther University, Domplatz 1, DDR-4020 Halle, German Democratic Republic |
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Abstract: | Summary We have studied the developmental effects of two dominant suppressor mutations of position-effect variegation mutations on female germ-line cells. Su-var (2) 101, which has been shown to affect chromatin structure though altering histone deacetylation, and Su-var (3) 303are recessive female steriles and zygotic lethals in the presence of butyrate or an additional Y chromosome. We have analysed mosaic females with mutant germ-line and normal soma and concluded that intact functions of the Su-var (2) 1 and the Su-var (3) 3 genes are required for development of both the soma and the germ-line and that as indirect evidence suggest, their maternally provided products are needed for normal embryonic development. It is suggested that there is possibly a common control of chromatin structure and gene expression in the soma, female germ-line and embryonic cells of Drosophila. |
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Keywords: | Position-effect veriegation Suppressor mutations Germ-line mosaics Maternal expression Drosophila melanogaster |
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