The heterochromatin protein 1 prevents telomere fusions in Drosophila

Molecular Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 527-538

  Fanti, Laura ^a,b   Giovinazzo, Giovanna ^b   Berloco, Maria ^a   Pimpinelli, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HETEROCHROMATIN SPECIFIC NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEIN HP 1; HETEROCHROMATIN-SPECIFIC NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEIN HP-1; INSECT PROTEIN; NONHISTONE PROTEIN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERPHASE; LARVA; MALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROPOSON; SPERMATOCYTE; TELOMERE;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSECT PROTEINS; INTERPHASE; LARVA; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; NEURONS; RETROELEMENTS; SPERMATOCYTES; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032215539     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80152-5     Document Type: Article

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