“…Interactions between hHP1s with the core region of H3 (12,16,17), of hHP1␣ with H2A.Z (18), of hHP1␣ with linker histone H1 (12,19,20), and of human or Xenopus HP1␣ with DNA (19,21,22) or RNA (23) have been reported. In addition, it has been questioned whether DmHP1 makes stable contacts with chromatin in the absence of accessory factors (24).…”