Mariner-like transposable elements are interspersed within the rDNA-associated heterochromatin of the pufferfish Tetraodon fluviatilis (Osteichthyes)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-179

  Mandrioli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mariner like elements; Pufferfish; rDNA genes; Transposon

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FISHES; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY; MALE; SILVER STAINING; TRANSPOSASES;

ANIMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; TETRAODON FLUVIATILIS; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0034124690     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009254805686     Document Type: Article

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