pitkinD, a novel gain-of-function enhancer of position-effect variegation, affects chromatin regulation during oogenesis and early embryogenesis in Drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1227-1244

  Kuhfittig, Steffi ^a   Szabad, János ^b   Schotta, Gunnar ^a   Hoffmann, Jan ^a   Máthé, Endre ^b,c   Reuter, Gunter ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOSAICISM; MOTHERS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0035099955     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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