Comparative analysis of position-effect variegation mutations in Drosophila melanogaster delineates the targets of modifiers

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 733-741

  Sass, Georgette L ^a   Henikoff, Steven ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, REPORTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031884943     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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