The Drosophila Fab-7 chromosomal element conveys epigenetic inheritance during mitosis and meiosis

Cell

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 505-518

  Cavalli, Giacomo ^a   Paro, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GAGA FACTOR; PROTEIN PCG; PROTEIN TRXG; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; HOMEOBOX; INHERITANCE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; SILENCER GENE;

DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032524877     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81181-2     Document Type: Article

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