Histochemical localization of reverse transcriptase in polytene chromosomes of chironomids

Chromosoma

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 302-307

  Lopez C C ^a   Rodriguez, E ^b   Diez J L ^c   Edstrom J E ^a   Morcillo, G ^c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (Sweden)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DACTINOMYCIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BALBIANI RING; CENTROMERE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME PUFF; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SALIVARY GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOMES; DACTINOMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SALIVARY GLANDS; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEPTUNIA;

EID: 0345240941     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050381     Document Type: Article

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