Influence of the SuUR gene on intercalary heterochromatin in Drosophila melanogaster polytene chromosomes

Chromosoma

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 377-398

  Zhimulev, I F ^a   Belyaeva, E S ^a   Makunin, I V ^a,b   Pirrotta, V ^b   Volkova, E I ^a   Alekseyenko, A A ^a   Andreyeva, E N ^a   Makarevich, G F ^c   Bodyreva, L V ^a   Nanayev, R A ^c   Demakova, O V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYCOMB PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF UNDERREPLICATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037354294     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-002-0218-0     Document Type: Article

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