Trans-silencing by P elements inserted in subtelomeric heterochromatin involves the drosophila Polycomb group gene, Enhancer of zeste

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1839-1855

  Roche, Siobhan E ^a   Rio, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SILENCER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031879856     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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