Molecular organization of an individual Drosophila polytene chromomere: Transcribed sequences in the 10A1-2 band

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-61

  Kozlova, T ^a,b,c   Zhimulev, I F ^a   Kafatos, F C ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromomere; Drosophila; EGF like repeat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031424298     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050623     Document Type: Article

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