Telomeric position effect in Drosophila melanogaster reflects a telomere length control mechanism

Genetica

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 319-325

  Mason, James M ^a   Konev, Alexander Y ^a,b   Biessmann, Harald ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Heterochromatin; Silencing; TAS; Telomere; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; RETROPOSON; TELOMERE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; RETROELEMENTS; TELOMERE; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSGENES;

EID: 0012876392     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022925003172     Document Type: Review

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