title: Return of the H-word (heterochromatin).
abstract: Recent advances in studies of yeast, Drosophila and humans have renewed interest in heterochromatin. These recent studies have demonstrated the interspersion and rapid spread of transposable elements into Drosophila heterochromatin; documented the requirement of heterochromatic genes for heterochromatin; identified heterochromatin-like regions in yeast chromosomes; confirmed an important role for satellite DNA in human centromere function; and suggested potential functions for heterochromatin-associated proteins.
authors: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. alohe@oeb.harvard.edu
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Lohe
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Hilliker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002503:Centromere / Q000502:physiology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002877:Chromosomes, Human; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008540:Meiosis; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D006570:Heterochromatin