Visualization of chromatin domains created by the gypsy insulator of Drosophila

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 565-574

  Byrd, Keith ^a   Corces, Victor G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Insulator; Nucleus; Retrotransposon; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GYPSY INSULATOR PROTEIN; INSULATOR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LYSATE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN DOMAIN; CHROMATIN FIBER; CHROMATIN LOOP; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; LARVA; NUCLEAR MATRIX; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 0042978644     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200305013     Document Type: Article

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