title: Oogenesis: active heterochromatin.
abstract: The genome of Drosophila is protected from DNA damage during oogenesis by a mechanism involving short RNAs. Surprisingly transcription of these RNAs requires that their DNA is associated with a histone modification usually associated with gene silencing.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK. david.finnegan@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Finnegan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D006570:Heterochromatin; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering