Mutations in the Drosophila melanogaster gene encoding S-adenosylmethionine suppress position-effect variegation

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 887-896

  Larsson, Jan ^a   Zhang, Jingpu ^b   Rasmuson Lestander, Åsa ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYAMINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029894789     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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