Chromosome rearrangements induce both variegated and reduced, uniform expression of heterochromatic genes in a development-specific manner

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1451-1464

  Weiler, Karen S ^a   Wakimoto, Barbara T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MALE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALPIGHIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031874767     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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