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  • Title: Induction of the Drosophila heat shock response in isolated polytene nuclei.
    Author: Compton JL, McCarthy BJ.
    Journal: Cell; 1978 May; 14(1):191-201. PubMed ID: 667933.
    Abstract:
    When Drosophila salivary glands are disrupted in cytoplasm from heat-shocked Drosophila Kc cells in culture, puffs are induced in the polytene nuclei at the heat shock loci. The in vitro response increases with time of incubation, reaching in vivo levels after 2 hr, and is sensitive to alpha-amanitin. Cytoplasm from control Kc cells induces poorly, but prolonged exposure to air or the addition of hydrogen peroxide stimulates induction to the levels observed with cytoplasm from heat-shocked Kc cells. Autoradiography confirms that the heat shock loci induced to puff in vitro are the most actively transcribing sites in the genome.
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