dSETDB1 and SU(VAR)3-9 sequentially function during germline-stem cell differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster.

Germline-stem cells (GSCs) produce gametes and are thus true "immortal stem cells".In Drosophila ovaries, GSCs divide asymmetrically to produce daughter Galaxy A51 GSCs and cystoblasts, and the latter differentiate into germline cysts.Here we show that the histone-lysine methyltransferase dSETDB1, located in pericentric heterochromatin, catalyzes H

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Overexpression of a Phosphate Starvation Response AP2/ERF Gene From Physic Nut in Arabidopsis Alters Root Morphological Traits and Phosphate Starvation-Induced Anthocyanin Accumulation

Physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) is highly tolerant of barren environments and a significant biofuel plant.To probe mechanisms of its tolerance mechanisms, we have analyzed genome-wide transcriptional profiles of 8-week-old physic nut seedlings subjected to Pi deficiency (P-) for 2 and 16 days, and Pi-sufficient conditions (P+) controls.We identifie

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