Gene Review:
z - zeste
Drosophila melanogaster
Synonyms:
CG7803, Dmel\CG7803, EG:BACH59J11.3, Regulatory protein zeste, e(bx), ...
- Zeste encodes a sequence-specific transcription factor that activates the Ultrabithorax promoter in vitro. Biggin, M.D., Bickel, S., Benson, M., Pirrotta, V., Tjian, R. Cell (1988)
- Effect of storage and dose on MMS-induced deletions. Complementation analysis of X-chromosomal recessive lethals in the zeste-white and maroon-like regions of Drosophila melanogaster. Parádi, E., Vogel, E.W., Szilágyi, E. Mutat. Res. (1983)
- Comparative studies of the induction of somatic eye-color mutations in an unstable strain of Drosophila melanogaster by MMS and X-rays at different developmental stages. Rasmuson, A. Mutat. Res. (1985)
- Drosophila enhancer of Zeste/ESC complexes have a histone H3 methyltransferase activity that marks chromosomal Polycomb sites. Czermin, B., Melfi, R., McCabe, D., Seitz, V., Imhof, A., Pirrotta, V. Cell (2002)
- Transformation of white locus DNA in drosophila: dosage compensation, zeste interaction, and position effects. Hazelrigg, T., Levis, R., Rubin, G.M. Cell (1984)
- Drosophila genes Posterior Sex Combs and Suppressor two of zeste encode proteins with homology to the murine bmi-1 oncogene. Brunk, B.P., Martin, E.C., Adler, P.N. Nature (1991)
- Chimaeras of Drosophila melanogaster obtained by injection of haploid nuclei. Santamaría, P., Gans, M. Nature (1980)
- The Drosophila brahma complex is an essential coactivator for the trithorax group protein zeste. Kal, A.J., Mahmoudi, T., Zak, N.B., Verrijzer, C.P. Genes Dev. (2000)
- Characterization of the extended Myb-like DNA-binding domain of trithorax group protein Zeste. Mohrmann, L., Kal, A.J., Verrijzer, C.P. J. Biol. Chem. (2002)
- A Polycomb-group gene regulates homeotic gene expression in Arabidopsis. Goodrich, J., Puangsomlee, P., Martin, M., Long, D., Meyerowitz, E.M., Coupland, G. Nature (1997)
- Developmental expression of the Drosophila zeste gene and localization of zeste protein on polytene chromosomes. Pirrotta, V., Bickel, S., Mariani, C. Genes Dev. (1988)
- Molecular cloning, germ-line transformation, and transcriptional analysis of the zeste locus of Drosophila melanogaster. Gunaratne, P.H., Mansukhani, A., Lipari, S.E., Liou, H.C., Martindale, D.W., Goldberg, M.L. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1986)
- Epigenome changes in active and inactive polycomb-group-controlled regions. Breiling, A., O'Neill, L.P., D'Eliseo, D., Turner, B.M., Orlando, V. EMBO Rep. (2004)
- Molecular analysis of the zeste-white interaction reveals a promoter-proximal element essential for distant enhancer-promoter communication. Qian, S., Varjavand, B., Pirrotta, V. Genetics (1992)
- Nucleotide sequence and structural analysis of the zeste locus of Drosophila melanogaster. Mansukhani, A., Gunaratne, P.H., Sherwood, P.W., Sneath, B.J., Goldberg, M.L. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1988)
- CA150, a nuclear protein associated with the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme, is involved in Tat-activated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcription. Suñé, C., Hayashi, T., Liu, Y., Lane, W.S., Young, R.A., Garcia-Blanco, M.A. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1997)
- The Drosophila zeste locus is nonessential. Goldberg, M.L., Colvin, R.A., Mellin, A.F. Genetics (1989)
- A proline-rich region in the Zeste protein essential for transvection and white repression by Zeste. Rosen, C., Dorsett, D., Jack, J. Genetics (1998)
- A Drosophila Polycomb group complex includes Zeste and dTAFII proteins. Saurin, A.J., Shao, Z., Erdjument-Bromage, H., Tempst, P., Kingston, R.E. Nature (2001)
- Drosophila Enhancer of zeste protein interacts with dSAP18. Wang, L., Ding, L., Jones, C.A., Jones, R.S. Gene (2002)
- Cooperative binding at a distance by even-skipped protein correlates with repression and suggests a mechanism of silencing. TenHarmsel, A., Austin, R.J., Savenelli, N., Biggin, M.D. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1993)
- Interactions of zeste mutations with loci exhibiting transvection effects in Drosophila melanogaster. Gelbart, W.M., Wu, C.T. Genetics (1982)
- zeste, a nonessential gene, potently activates Ultrabithorax transcription in the Drosophila embryo. Laney, J.D., Biggin, M.D. Genes Dev. (1992)
- P element regulatory products enhance zeste repression of a P[white duplicated] transgene in Drosophila melanogaster. Coen, D. Genetics (1990)
- Snail-type zinc finger proteins prevent neurogenesis in Scutoid and transgenic animals of Drosophila. Fuse, N., Matakatsu, H., Taniguchi, M., Hayashi, S. Dev. Genes Evol. (1999)
- Transvection and silencing of the Scr homeotic gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Southworth, J.W., Kennison, J.A. Genetics (2002)
- Zeste maintains repression of Ubx transgenes: support for a new model of Polycomb repression. Hur, M.W., Laney, J.D., Jeon, S.H., Ali, J., Biggin, M.D. Development (2002)
- Transcription of the Drosophila white locus and some of its mutants. Pirrotta, V., Bröckl, C. EMBO J. (1984)
- Novel DNA-binding protein from Drosophila embryos identified by binding site selection. Todorović, V., Kojić, S., Vujanac, M., Savić, A., Stefanović, D. FEBS Lett. (1996)
- Characterization and zeste reaction of spontaneously reduced transposable elements in Drosophila melanogaster. Lassen, C. Hereditas (1989)