Dynamic organization of the β-heterochromatin in the drosophila melanogaster polytene X chromosome

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 503-509

  Koryakov, D E ^b   Alekseyenko, A A ^a   Zhimulev, I F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Heterochromatin; Underreplication; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME NOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; TEMPERATURE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032928403     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050923     Document Type: Article

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