Position effect variegation in Drosophila is associated with an altered chromatin structure

Genes and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1263-1277

  Wallrath, Lori L ^a   Elgin, Sarah C R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

centromeres; chromatin; Heterochromatin; telomeres; transgenes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EUCHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; HETEROCHROMATIN; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029066360     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.10.1263     Document Type: Article

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