In Vivo Silencing of Genes Coding for dTip60 Chromatin Remodeling Complex Subunits Affects Polytene Chromosome Organization and Proper Development in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>

oleh: Yuri Prozzillo, Stefano Cuticone, Diego Ferreri, Gaia Fattorini, Giovanni Messina, Patrizio Dimitri

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Diterbitkan: MDPI AG 2021-04-01

Deskripsi

Chromatin organization is developmentally regulated by epigenetic changes mediated by histone-modifying enzymes and chromatin remodeling complexes. In <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>, the Tip60 chromatin remodeling complex (dTip60) play roles in chromatin regulation, which are shared by evolutionarily-related complexes identified in animal and plants. Recently, it was found that most subunits previously assigned to the dTip60 complex are shared by two related complexes, DOM-A.C and DOM-B.C, defined by DOM-A and DOM-B isoforms, respectively. In this work, we combined classical genetics, cell biology, and reverse genetics approaches to further investigate the biological roles played during <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> development by a number of subunits originally assigned to the dTip60 complex.