Vital genes in the heterochromatin of chromosomes 2 and 3 of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetica

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 209-215

  Dimitri, Patrizio ^a   Corradini, Nicoletta ^a   Rossi, Fabrizio ^a   Vernì, Fiammetta ^a   Cenci, Giovanni ^b   Belloni, Giorgio ^a   Zhimulev, Igor F ^c   Koryakov, Dmitry E ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ECOTEKNE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Heterochromatic genes; Heterochromatin

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN;

EID: 0012748071     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022996112742     Document Type: Review

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