Homologous chromosome pairing in Drosophila melanogaster proceeds through multiple independent initiations

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-20

  Fung, Jennifer C ^a,d   Marshall, Wallace F ^b,d   Dernburg, Abby ^b,e   Agard, David A ^b,c   Sedat, John W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA PROBES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HISTONES; INTERPHASE; LAMINS; MITOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TELOMERE; WING;

EID: 0032489867     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.1.5     Document Type: Article

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