A strategy for mapping the heterochromatin of chromosome 2 of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetica

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 217-226

  Yasuhara, Jiro C ^a   Marchetti, Marcella ^b   Fanti, Laura ^b   Pimpinelli, Sergio ^b   Wakimoto, Barbara T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila genome; Heterochromatic genes; Heterochromatin; Repetitive DNA; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0038548142     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022948229580     Document Type: Review

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