Transgene repeat arrays interact with distant heterochromatin and cause silencing in cis and trans

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1181-1190

  Dorer, Douglas R ^a,b   Henikoff, Steven ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENCER GENE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSECT PROTEINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030664625     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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