Introduction of a DNA methyltransferase into Drosophila to probe chromatin structure in vivo

Chromosoma

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 332-340

  Wines, Debora R ^a,b   Talbert, Paul B ^a   Clark, Denise V ^a,c   Henikoff, Steven ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BILLINGS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 0030043038     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00337221     Document Type: Article

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