Neocentromere activity of structurally acentric mini-chromosomes in Drosophila

Nature Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-37

  Williams, Byron C ^a   Murphy, Terence D ^b   Goldberg, Michael L ^a   Karpen, Gary H ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MEIOSIS; MINICHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031963396     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0198-30     Document Type: Review

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