The nuclear distribution of polycomb during Drosophila melanogaster development shown with a GFP fusion protein

Chromosoma

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-94

  Dietzel, Steffen ^a,b   Niemann, Hartmut ^a   Brückner, Bodo ^a   Maurange, Cédric ^a   Paro, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INTERPHASE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0032922659     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050355     Document Type: Article

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