Characterization of sequences associated with position-effect variegation at pericentric sites in Drosophila heterochromatin

Chromosoma

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 277-285

  Cryderman, Diane E ^a   Cuaycong, Matthew H ^b   Elgin, Sarah C R ^b   Wallrath, Lori L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; POSITION EFFECT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE COLOR; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031794379     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050309     Document Type: Article

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