The heterochromatic rolled gene of Drosophila melanogaster is extensively polytenized and transcriptionally active in the salivary gland chromocenter

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-125

  Berghella, Libera ^a   Dimitri, Patrizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, SATELLITE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RNA; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029780792     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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