Trans-suppression of terminal deficiency-associated position effect variegation in a Drosophila minichromosome

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 325-337

  Donaldson, Kathryn M ^a,b   Karpen, Gary H ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSECT PROTEINS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031032919     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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