Spermatogenesis describes the development from germ line stem cells to highly specialized sperm. Drosophila melanogaster spermatogenesis is a good model system for chromatin remodelling processes as many of these processes are similar in mammals and in flies. Histone modifications are a prerequisite for the exchange of histones by protamines during these chromatin remodelling processes but also transcription processes in earlier germ cell stages can be compared. In this thesis, the histone acetyltransferase Nejire/dCBP has been characterised as being responsible for the modification of histone H3 at lysine 18 and lysine 27 during post-meiotic germ cell development as well as in the spermatocyte stage. An RNAi-mediated knock-down revealed th...