Silencing at Drosophila telomeres: Nuclear organization and chromatin structure play critical roles

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3724-3735

  Cryderman, Diane E ^a   Morris, Eric J ^a   Biessman, Harald ^b   Elgin, Sarah C R ^c   Wallrath, Lori L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Drosophila; Nuclear organization; PEV; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TELOMERE; TRANSGENES; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033169026     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.13.3724     Document Type: Article

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