The role of HeT-A and TART retrotransposons in Drosophila telomere capping

Genetica

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 311-318

  Cenci, Giovanni ^a,b   Siriaco, Giorgia ^a   Gatti, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; HP1; Telomere capping; Telomeric fusions; Telomeric proteins; UbcD1

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALE; RETROPOSON; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; RETROELEMENTS; TELOMERE; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0037533965     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022972902263     Document Type: Article

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