Overexpression of the SuUR gene induces reversible modifications at pericentric, telomeric and intercalary heterochromatin of Drosophila melanogaster polytene chromosomes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 169-176

  Zhimulev, Igor F ^a   Belyaeva, Elena S ^a   Semeshin, Valerii F ^a   Shloma, Victor V ^a   Makunin, Igor V ^a   Volkova, Elena I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Heterochromatin; Polytene chromosomes; Silencing; SuUR gene

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; PROTEIN SUUR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL SWELLING; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SALIVARY GLANDS; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URIDINE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037239642     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00196     Document Type: Review

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