Chromatin structure in bands and interbands of polytene chromosomes imaged by atomic force microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-8

  De Grauw, C J ^a   Avogadro, A ^a   Van Den Heuvel, D J ^a   Vd Werf, K O ^a   Otto, C ^a   Kraan, Y ^a   Van Hulst, N F ^a   Greve, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI THUMMI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031927995     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3929     Document Type: Article

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