Copy number and orientation determine the susceptibility of a gene to silencing by nearby heterochromatin in Drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 447-458

  Sabl, Joy F ^a,c   Henikoff, Steven ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0030044430     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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