Suppressors of position-effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster affect expression of the heterochromatic gene light in the absence of a chromosome rearrangement

Genome

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 495-503

  Clegg, N J ^b,d   Honda, B M ^a   Whitehead, I P ^b,e   Grigliatti, T A ^b   Wakimoto, B ^c   Brock, H W ^b   Lloyd, V K ^b,f   Sinclair, D A R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene interactions; Heterochromatin

Indexed keywords

EYE PIGMENTATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE PRODUCT; HETEROCHROMATIN; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; POSITION EFFECT VARIEGATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032144412     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g98-041     Document Type: Article

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