Pattern of chromosomal localization of the Hoppel transposable element family in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup

Chromosome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 385-396

  Coelho, Paula A ^a   Queiroz Machado, Joana ^a   Hartl, Daniel ^b   Sunkel, Claudio E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Centromere; Drosophila; Heterochromatin; Hoppel

Indexed keywords

4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031743825     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009277322626     Document Type: Article

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