Heterochromatin protein 1 is required for the normal expression of two heterochromatin genes in drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 699-708

  Lu, Brett Y ^a   Emtage, Peter C R ^b   Duyf, Brenda J ^b   Hilliker, Arthur J ^b   Eissenberg, Joel C ^a,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LARVA; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0034084365     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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