Human matrix attachment regions insulate transgene expression from chromosomal position effects in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2382-2391

  Namciu, Stephanie J ^a   Blochlinger, Karen B ^a   Fournier, R E K ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031899366     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.4.2382     Document Type: Article

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