Heterochromatin and gene expression in Drosophila

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue , 1995, Pages 577-605

  Weiler, Karen S ^a   Wakimoto, Barbara T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

chromatin; chromosome organization; position effect variegation

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 4; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TRANSACTIVATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029560752     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ge.29.120195.003045     Document Type: Review

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