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Correspondence to: Kristen M. Johansen, Department of Zoology and Genetics, 3154 Molecular Biology Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. Tel:(515) 294-7959 Fax:(515) 294-0345 E-mail:kristen{at}iastate.edu.
JIL-1 is a novel chromosomal kinase that is upregulated almost twofold on the male X chromosome in Drosophila. Here we demonstrate that JIL-1 colocalizes and physically interacts with male specific lethal (MSL) dosage compensation complex proteins. Furthermore, ectopic expression of the MSL complex directed by MSL2 in females causes a concomitant upregulation of JIL-1 to the female X that is abolished in msl mutants unable to assemble the complex. Thus, these results strongly indicate JIL-1 associates with the MSL complex and further suggests JIL-1 functions in signal transduction pathways regulating chromatin structure.
Key Words: protein kinase, dosage compensation, Drosophila, chromatin, MSL complex
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