Transvection effects in Drosophila

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2002, Pages 521-556

  Duncan, Ian W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bithorax complex; Enhancer promoter interactions; Somatic pairing; Transvection; Zeste

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; RNA;

ABDA GENE; ABDB GENE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CI GENE; DPP GENE; DROSOPHILA; EYA GENE; FLY; FUNGUS; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOMEOBOX; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SCR GENE; SILENCER GENE; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; SOMATIC MUTATION; SYNAPSE; TRANSVECTION; UBX GENE; ZESTE GENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS);

ARACHNIDA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036957751     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.36.060402.100441     Document Type: Review

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