Localization by ultrastructural in situ hybridization of mitochondrial transcripts in epithelial cells of a Drosophila subobscura deletion mutant

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-427

  Lécher, Pierre ^a   Petit, Nathalie ^a   Beziat, Florence ^a   Alziari, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila subobscura; Heteroplasmy; mtDNA deletion; Ultrastructural in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA;

EID: 0029910573     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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