The activity of the scs and scs' insulator elements is not dependent on chromosomal context

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 182-189

  Dunaway, Marietta ^a   Hwang, Jason Y ^a   Xiong, Mengli ^a   Yuen, Hon Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031033367     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.1.182     Document Type: Article

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