A novel interspersed type of organization of satellite DNAs in Tribolium madens heterochromatin

Chromosome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-212

  Žinić, Sonja Durajlija ^b   Ugarković, Durdica ^b   Cornudella, Luis ^a   Plohl, Miroslav ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology   (Spain)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; DNA fibres; Extended chromosomes; Repetitive DNA

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, SATELLITE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 0034023156     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009244711527     Document Type: Article

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